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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 32 times in 31 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:15 - But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:19 - By your endurance you will gain your lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:7 - eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:3 - Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:4 - and endurance, character, and character, hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:25 - But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:4 - For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:5 - Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:6 - But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - But as God's servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:12 - Indeed, the signs of an apostle were performed among you with great perseverance by signs and wonders and powerful deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:11 - being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3 - because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:4 - As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:5 - Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:11 - But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:10 - You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:2 - Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:36 - For you need endurance in order to do God's will and so receive what is promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:1 - Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:3 - because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:4 - And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:11 - Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job's endurance and you have seen the Lord's purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:6 - to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:9 - I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2 - 'I know your works as well as your labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have even put to the test those who refer to themselves as apostles (but are not), and have discovered that they are false.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:3 - I am also aware that you have persisted steadfastly, endured much for the sake of my name, and have not grown weary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:19 - 'I know your deeds: your love, faith, service, and steadfast endurance. In fact, your more recent deeds are greater than your earlier ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:10 - Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:10 - If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, then by the sword he must be killed. This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:12 - This requires the steadfast endurance of the saints - those who obey God's commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus.
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