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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