Lexicon :: Strong's G4722 - stegō
στέγω
Transliteration
stegō
(Key)
Pronunciation
steg'-o
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids
Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
TDNT Reference: 7:585,1073
KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4722 in the following manner: can forbear (2x), bear (1x), suffer (1x).
deck, thatch, to cover
to protect or keep by covering, to preserve
to cover over with silence
to keep secret
to hide, conceal
of the errors and faults of others
by covering to keep off something which threatens, to bear up against, hold out against, and so endure, bear, forbear
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στέγω stégō, steg'-o; from G4721; to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence
(endure patiently):—(for-)bear, suffer.
STRONGS G4722:
στέγω; (allied with Latintego, toga, English deck, thatch, etc.; , § 155 Part 3:590); to cover; 1. to protect or keep by covering, to preserve: , , , others.
2. to cover over with silence; to keep secret; to hide, conceal: ταμα ἔπη, , Electr. 273; τόν λόγον, 8, 14, 5; for other examples see , under the word, 1 b. β.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2); μωρός οὐ δυνήσεται λόγον στέξαι, Sir. 8:17; hence, ἡ ἀγάπη πάντα στέγει,
3. by covering to keep off something which threatens, to bear up against, hold out against, and so to endure, bear, forbear (τάς ἐνδείας, in Flacc. § 9; many examples from Greek authors from down are given by , under the word, 2; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. especially 3)):
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