μακροθυμία makrothumia

Greek word for “patience” · Strong’s G3115 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

μακροθυμία, -ας, ἡ; (μακρό-θυμος);

How it is translated

Glosses given for makrothumia in context, with how often each is used:

• patience 13
• longsuffering 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 2 (1), Romans 9 (1), 2 Corinthians 6 (1), Galatians 5 (1), Ephesians 4 (1), Colossians 1 (1), Colossians 3 (1), 1 Timothy 1 (1), 2 Timothy 3 (1), 2 Timothy 4 (1)

Forms

• μακροθυμίας 4
• μακροθυμίᾳ 4
• μακροθυμίαν 4
• μακροθυμία 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with makrothumia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• χρηστότης chrēstotēs “kindness” 4
• ἀγάπη agapē “love” 4
• ταπεινοφροσύνη tapeinophrosunē “humility” 2
• πραότης praotēs “gentleness” 2
• ἐνδείκνυμι endeiknumi “to show” 2
• ὑπομονή hupomonē “perseverance” 2
• πίστις pistis “faith” 3
• χαρά chara “joy” 2
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 2
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 2
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 2

Key verses

The verses using makrothumia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Romans 2:4 — Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
• Romans 9:22 — What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
• 2 Corinthians 6:6 — By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
• Galatians 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
• Ephesians 4:2 — With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
• Colossians 1:11 — Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
• Colossians 3:12 — Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
• 1 Timothy 1:16 — Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe…
• 2 Timothy 4:2 — Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
• Hebrews 6:12 — That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
• 1 Peter 3:20 — Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight…
• 2 Peter 3:15 — And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.