The corpus record

μακρο-θῡμέω

makrothumeo

to be long-suffering

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Where it lives

James 3 · 17.54/10k
2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
1 Thessalonians 1 · 6.88/10k
Baruch 1 · 3.96/10k
Siracides 4 · 2.17/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
Matthew 2 · 1.12/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k

What it meant — LSJ

to be long-suffering

to be long-suffering, ἐπί τινι towards one, LXX Si. 18.11, al., Ev.Matt. 18.26; πρός τινα 1 Ep.Thess. 5.14.

2 to be slow

to be slow to help, Ev.Luc. 18.7.

3 persevere

persevere, Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.593f.

4 bear patiently, bear up!

c. acc., bear patiently, LXX Ba. 4.25: imper. μακροθύμει bear up! Astramps. Orac. 90.7.

In the wild

μακροθυμεῖ · makrothymei New Testament, 1 Corinthians 13.4 (DIORISIS sentence 389)
μακροθυμεῖτε · makrothymeite New Testament, 1 Thessalonians 5.14 (DIORISIS sentence 54)
μακροθυμεῖ · makrothymei New Testament, 2 Peter 3.9 (DIORISIS sentence 36)
μακροθυμήσας · makrothymēsas New Testament, Hebrews 6.15 (DIORISIS sentence 94)
μακροθυμῶν · makrothymōn New Testament, James 5.7 (DIORISIS sentence 119)
Μακροθυμήσατε · Makrothymēsate New Testament, James 5.7 (DIORISIS sentence 118)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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