ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙΑΝ, μακροθυμιαν
MAKROTHYMIAN, makrothymian
Sounds Like: mah-kroh-thoo-MEE-ahn
Translations: patience, long-suffering, forbearance, endurance, a patience, a long-suffering
From the root: ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of being patient, especially in the face of provocation, injury, or delay. It describes a steadfast endurance and forbearance, often implying a long-suffering spirit that does not quickly give up or retaliate. It is often used to describe God's patience with humanity.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3115 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
- Isaiah — 57:15
- Jeremiah — 15:15
- Colossians — 1:11, 3:12
- 1 Timothy — 1:16
- 1 Peter — 3:20
- 2 Peter — 3:15
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 11:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΗΣΗ — patience, endurance, forbearance, long-suffering, steadfastness
- ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙ — (to) longsuffering, (to) patience, (to) endurance, (in) longsuffering, (in) patience, (in) endurance, (by) longsuffering, (by) patience, (by) endurance
- ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙΑ — patience, longsuffering, endurance, a patience, a longsuffering, an endurance
- ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙΑΣ — of patience, of endurance, of long-suffering, of forbearance
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