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Lexicon :: Strong's G3115 - makrothymia

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μακροθυμία
Transliteration
makrothymia (Key)
Pronunciation
mak-roth-oo-mee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
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Strong’s Definitions

μακροθυμία makrothymía, mak-roth-oo-mee'-ah; from the same as G3116; longanimity, i.e. (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude:—longsuffering, patience.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G3115 in the following manner: longsuffering (12x), patience (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G3115 in the following manner: longsuffering (12x), patience (2x).

  1. patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance

  2. patience, forbearance, longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μακροθυμία makrothymía, mak-roth-oo-mee'-ah; from the same as G3116; longanimity, i.e. (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude:—longsuffering, patience.
STRONGS G3115:
μακροθυμία, μακροθυμίας, ἡ (μακρόθυμος (cf. μακροθυμέω)) (Vulg.longanimitas, etc.), i. e.:
1. patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance; especially as shown in bearing troubles and ills (Plutarch, Luc. 32f; ἄνθρωπος ὤν μηδέποτε τήν ἀλυπιαν αἰτου παρά θεῶν, ἀλλά μακροθυμίαν, Menander fragment 19, p. 203, Meineke edition (vol. iv., p. 238 Frag. comic. Graec. (Berl. 1841))): Colossians 1:11; 2 Timothy 3:10; Hebrews 6:12; James 5:10; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 64 [ET]; the Epistle of Barnabas 2, 2 [ET]; (Isaiah 57:15; Josephus, b. j. 6, 1, 5; cf. 1 Macc. 8:4).
2. patience, forbearance, long-suffering, slowness in avenging wrongs, (for אַפַּיִם אֶרֶך, Jeremiah 15:15): Romans 2:4; Romans 9:22; 2 Corinthians 6:6; Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 4:2; Colossians 3:12; 1 Timothy 1:16 (cf. Buttmann, 120 (105)); 2 Timothy 4:2; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 3:15; (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 13, 1 [ET]; Ignatius ad Eph. 3, 1 [ET]).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
57:15
Jeremiah
15:15
Romans
2:4; 9:22
1 Corinthians
13; 13:1
2 Corinthians
6:6
Galatians
5:22
Ephesians
4:2
Colossians
1:11; 3:12
1 Timothy
1:16
2 Timothy
3:10; 4:2
Hebrews
6:12
James
5:10
1 Peter
3:20
2 Peter
3:15

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Strong's Number G3115 matches the Greek μακροθυμία (makrothymia),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:4 - Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:22 - What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:6 - in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Ruach HaKodesh, in sincere love,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:22 - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, shalom, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:2 - with all lowliness and humility, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:11 - strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:12 - Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:16 - However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Yeshua the Messiah might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:10 - But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:2 - preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:12 - that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:10 - Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:20 - who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noach, while the teivah was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:15 - Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Sha'ul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;
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