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Lexicon :: Strong's G5281 - hypomonē

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ὑπομονή
Transliteration
hypomonē (Key)
Pronunciation
hoop-om-on-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:581,581

Trench's Synonyms: liii. μακροθυμία, ὑπομονή, ἀνοχή.

Strong’s Definitions

ὑπομονή hupŏmŏnē, hoop-om-on-ay'; from G5278; cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy:—enduring, patience, patient continuance (waiting).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's G5281 in the following manner: patience (29x), enduring (1x), patient continuance (1x), patient waiting (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's G5281 in the following manner: patience (29x), enduring (1x), patient continuance (1x), patient waiting (1x).

  1. steadfastness, constancy, endurance

    1. in the NT the characteristic of a man who is not swerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings

    2. patiently, and steadfastly

  2. a patient, steadfast waiting for

  3. a patient enduring, sustaining, perseverance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑπομονή hupŏmŏnē, hoop-om-on-ay'; from G5278; cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy:—enduring, patience, patient continuance (waiting).
STRONGS G5281:
ὑπομονή, ὑπομονῆς, ἡ (ὑπομένω);
1. steadfastness, constancy, endurance (Vulg. in 1 Thessalonians 1:3 sustinentia, in James 5:11 sufferentia); in the N. T. the characteristic of a man who is unswerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings: Luke 8:15; Luke 21:19; Romans 5:3; Romans 15:4; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Colossians 1:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 3:10; Titus 2:2; Hebrews 10:36; James 1:3; James 5:11; 2 Peter 1:6; Revelation 2:2f, 19; Revelation 13:10; Revelation 14:12 (cf. 4 Macc. 1:11; 9:8, 30; 15:30(27); 4 Macc. 17:4,12,23); with a genitive of the thing persevered in (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 at the end): τοῦ ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ, Romans 2:7; τῆς ἐλπίδος, 1 Thessalonians 1:3 (cf. Buttmann, 155 (136)); δἰ ὑπομονῆς (with patience (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 51, 1 b.) i. e.) patiently and steadfastly, Romans 8:25; Hebrews 12:1.
2. a patient, steadfast waiting for; (others question this sense in the New Testament, and render the genitive by 'characterizing', 'in respect to', etc.): Χριστοῦ (genitive of the object), the return of Christ from heaven, 2 Thessalonians 3:5; Revelation 1:9 (where L T Tr WH ἐν Ἰησοῦ (which is in Jesus)); Rev. 3:10 (cf. Psalm 38:8 (Ps. 39:8); for מִקְוֶה, expectation, hope, 2 Esdr. 10:2; Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 17:13; for תִּקְוָה, hope, Ps. (Psalms 9:19); Ps 61:6 (Psalms 62:6); Ps 70:5 (Psalms 71:5); (Job 14:19); for תּוחֶלֶת, Proverbs 10:28 Symm.; ὑπομένειν τινα, Xenophon, an. 4, 1, 21; Appendix, b. 104:5, 81).
3. a patient enduring, sustaining: τῶν παθημάτων, 2 Corinthians 1:6 (λύπης, Plato, definition, p. 412 c.; θανάτου, Plutarch, Pelop. 1). (Synonym: see μακροθυμία, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
14:19
Psalms
9:19; 38:8; 39:8; 61:6; 62:6; 70:5; 71:5
Proverbs
10:28
Jeremiah
14:8; 17:13
Luke
8:15; 21:19
Romans
2:7; 5:3; 8:25; 15:4
2 Corinthians
1:6; 6:4; 12:12
Colossians
1:11
1 Thessalonians
1:3; 1:3
2 Thessalonians
1:4; 3:5
1 Timothy
6:11
2 Timothy
3:10
Titus
2:2
Hebrews
10:36; 12:1
James
1:3; 5:11; 5:11
2 Peter
1:6
Revelation
1:9; 2:2; 2:19; 3:10; 13:10; 14:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5281 matches the Greek ὑπομονή (hypomonē),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - for we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days upon the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - And Sechenias the son of Jeel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Esdras, We have broken covenant with our God, and have taken strange wives of the nations of the land: yet now there is patience of hope to Israel concerning this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:19 - The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong overflow a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - (LXX 9:19) For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:7 - (LXX 38:8) And now what is my expectation? is it not the Lord? and my ground of hope is with thee. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:5 - (LXX 61:6) Nevertheless do thou, my soul, be subjected to God; for of him is my patient hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:5 - (LXX 70:5) For thou art my support, O Lord; O Lord, thou art my hope from my youth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 - O Lord, thou art the hope of Israel, and deliverest us in time of troubles; why art thou become as a sojourner upon the land, or as one born in the land, yet turning aside for a resting-place?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - O Lord, the hope of Israel, let all that have left thee be ashamed, let them that have revolted be written on the earth, because they have forsaken the fountain of life, the Lord.
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