Long-suffering
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.

2. (n.) Long patience of offense.

Greek
3115. makrothumia -- patience, long-suffering
... 253). Word Origin from makros and thumos Definition patience, long-suffering
NASB Word Usage patience (14). longsuffering, patience. ...
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3114. makrothumeo -- to persevere, to be patient
... 3114 ("showing divinely-directed patience") is "longsuffering" because it only
expresses anger (ie is the opposite of being "quick-tempered"). See 3115 (). ...
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3116. makrothumos -- with forbearance, patiently
... Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: makrothumos Phonetic Spelling:
(mak-roth-oo-moce') Short Definition: patiently Definition: with longsuffering, ...
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Strong's Hebrew
639. aph -- a nostril, nose, face, anger
... angry, before, countenance, face, forbearing, forehead, longsuffering, nose ... before,
countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril ...
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750. arek -- long
... longsuffering patient, slow to anger. From 'arak; long -- long(-suffering, -winged),
patient, slow (to anger). see HEBREW 'arak. 749, 750. arek. 751 . ...
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Library

The Long-Suffering, Loving-Kindness, and Tender-Mercies of God. ...
... The Long-suffering, Loving-kindness, and Tender-mercies of God."Ps. ciii. ... The
Long-suffering, Loving-kindness, and Tender-mercies of God."Psalm 103.p>. ...
/.../sacred poems and hymns/hymn xlvii the long-suffering loving-kindness.htm

Whether Patience is the Same as Longanimity? [*Longsuffering. It ...
... OF PATIENCE (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether patience is the same as longanimity?
[*Longsuffering. It is necessary to preserve the Latin ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether patience is the same.htm

God's Long-Suffering.
... Book X. Chapter XLIX."God's Long-Suffering. "But you say, Neither ought
God to do evil. You say truly; nor does He. But those ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xlix gods long-suffering.htm

Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. I Beseech You that Ye Walk ...
... I beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with
all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love ...
/.../lyra germanica the christian year/seventeenth sunday after trinity i.htm

Prayer Concerns Three.
... "And He is long-suffering over them." That is God. ... It has bothered the scholars in
this phrase to know with whom or over what the long-suffering is exercised. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/prayer concerns three.htm

Sixteenth Lesson. Speedily, Though Bearing Long;'
... And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry to Him day and night, and He is
long-suffering over them? ... He is long-suffering over them.' Behold! ...
/.../sixteenth lesson speedily though bearing.htm

1 Timothy i. 15, 16
... find a sinner that so required all His pardon, all His long-suffering; not a part
only, like those who are only partially sinners, but "all" His longsuffering. ...
/.../homily iv 1 timothy i.htm

Colossians i. 9, 10
... "Strengthened": this to trials. "Unto all patience and longsuffering":
long-suffering towards one another, patience towards those without. ...
/.../homily ii colossians i 9.htm

Fruits and the Two Works.
... The fruits of the Spirit are enumerated in Gal.5:22, 23: "But the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the gospel day /chapter vi fruits and the.htm

2 Timothy iii. 16, 17
... Ver.2. "Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season; reprove,
rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.". What ...
/.../homily ix 2 timothy iii.htm

Thesaurus
Longsuffering (17 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LONGSUFFERING. long-suf'-er ... Walker.
Multi-Version Concordance Longsuffering (17 Occurrences). Luke 18 ...
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Long-suffering (23 Occurrences)
Long-suffering. Longsuffering, Long-suffering. Longwinged . Noah Webster's
Dictionary ... (See JPS). Longsuffering, Long-suffering. Longwinged . Reference
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Forbearance (9 Occurrences)
... The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering. ...
the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering"; 3:25 ...
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Forbearing (10 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one
another ... to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us ...
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Patience (59 Occurrences)
... 29:8 (makrothumeo, the Revised Version (British and American) "longsuffering");
in The ... bear long" (Matthew 18:26, 29 James 5:7; See LONGSUFFERING); the same ...
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Wait (223 Occurrences)
... (1 Corinthians 9:13 the King James Version). (2) The simple verb is used to describe
the longsuffering and patience of God toward His willful people: "And ...
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Enduring (25 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Endure. 2. (a.) Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an
enduring disposition. Multi-Version Concordance Enduring (25 Occurrences). ...
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Patient (34 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness;
bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering. ...
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Spirits (129 Occurrences)
... spirits in prison, that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God ...
a testifying of "the Spirit of Christ," that God's long-suffering with Noah's ...
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Prison (131 Occurrences)
... spirits in prison, that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God ...
a testifying of "the Spirit of Christ," that God's long-suffering with Noah's ...
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Resources
How long was Job's suffering? | GotQuestions.org

Why do so many people have to experience terrible suffering before death? | GotQuestions.org

Is Isaiah 53 'The Suffering Servant' a prophecy about Jesus? | GotQuestions.org

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Long-suffering (23 Occurrences)

Romans 2:4
or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?
(DBY WBS YLT)

Romans 9:22
And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;
(DBY WBS)

1 Corinthians 13:4
The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,
(YLT)

2 Corinthians 6:6
By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,
(WBS YLT)

Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
(DBY WBS YLT)

Ephesians 4:2
with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
(DBY WBS YLT)

Colossians 1:11
Since His power is so glorious, may you be strengthened with strength of every kind, and be prepared for cheerfully enduring all things with patience and long-suffering;
(WEY WBS YLT)

Colossians 3:12
Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own people holy and dearly loved, with tender-heartedness, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
(WEY WBS YLT)

1 Timothy 1:16
But mercy was shown me in order that in me as the foremost of sinners Christ Jesus might display the fulness of His long-suffering patience as an example to encourage those who would afterwards be resting their faith on Him with a view to the Life of the Ages.
(WEY DBY WBS YLT)

2 Timothy 3:10
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, charity, patience,
(WBS YLT)

2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
(WBS YLT)

1 Peter 3:20
Who formerly were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water.
(WBS YLT)

2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
(WBS YLT)

2 Peter 3:15
And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, hath written to you;
(WBS YLT)

Exodus 34:6
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
(KJV JPS WBS)

Numbers 14:18
The LORD is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
(KJV WBS)

Nehemiah 9:17
yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou 'art' a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.
(YLT)

Psalms 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious; long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.
(WBS)

Proverbs 25:15
By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 15:15
Jehovah, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; in thy long-suffering take me not away: know that for thy sake I bear reproach.
(DBY JPS WBS YLT NIV)

Joel 2:13
and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
(See JPS)

Jonah 4:2
And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
(See JPS)

Nahum 1:3
Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Long-suffering

The Patience of God is Part of his Character

The Patience of God: An Encouragement to Repent

The Patience of God: Exercised Toward: His People

The Patience of God: Exercised Toward: The Wicked

The Patience of God: Exhibited in Forgiving Sins

The Patience of God: Illustrated

The Patience of God: Israel

The Patience of God: Jerusalem

The Patience of God: Limits Set To

The Patience of God: Manasseh

The Patience of God: Paul

The Patience of God: Plead in Prayer

The Patience of God: Salvation, the Object of

The Patience of God: should Lead to Repentance

The Patience of God: The Wicked: Abuse

The Patience of God: The Wicked: Despise

The Patience of God: The Wicked: Punished for Despising

The Patience of God: Through Christ's Intercession

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Long-suffering (23 Occurrences)

Forbearance (9 Occurrences)

Forbearing (10 Occurrences)

Patience (59 Occurrences)

Wait (223 Occurrences)

Enduring (25 Occurrences)

Patient (34 Occurrences)

Spirits (129 Occurrences)

Prison (131 Occurrences)

Reformation (24 Occurrences)

Meekness (14 Occurrences)

Prepared (246 Occurrences)

Goodness (83 Occurrences)

Suffering (104 Occurrences)

Shew (226 Occurrences)

You-ward (9 Occurrences)

Unfeigned (5 Occurrences)

Us-ward (4 Occurrences)

Joyously (8 Occurrences)

Joyfulness (3 Occurrences)

Joyfully (37 Occurrences)

Leadeth (42 Occurrences)

Long-sleeved (2 Occurrences)

Longwinged (1 Occurrence)

Gracious (106 Occurrences)

Gentleness (17 Occurrences)

Wink (2 Occurrences)

Instant (19 Occurrences)

Inspect (22 Occurrences)

Foremost (14 Occurrences)

Fitted (13 Occurrences)

Formerly (55 Occurrences)

Fulness (76 Occurrences)

Forbear (24 Occurrences)

Fidelity (13 Occurrences)

Thereafter (8 Occurrences)

Tender-heartedness (2 Occurrences)

Thoroughly (48 Occurrences)

Taunts (11 Occurrences)

Revenge (13 Occurrences)

Encourage (34 Occurrences)

Endurance (31 Occurrences)

Ensample (7 Occurrences)

Delineation (1 Occurrence)

Despisest (3 Occurrences)

Disbelieved (9 Occurrences)

Minded (36 Occurrences)

Mercies (62 Occurrences)

Michael (16 Occurrences)

Pardons (4 Occurrences)

Plenteous (16 Occurrences)

Persecutors (14 Occurrences)

Preparing (25 Occurrences)

Pursuers (19 Occurrences)

Borne (172 Occurrences)

Bowels (40 Occurrences)

Clearing (11 Occurrences)

Clothe (52 Occurrences)

Counselling (9 Occurrences)

Cheerfully (4 Occurrences)

Convict (12 Occurrences)

Choice (113 Occurrences)

Acquainted (21 Occurrences)

Aforetime (19 Occurrences)

Safely (83 Occurrences)

Slack (19 Occurrences)

Sometime (5 Occurrences)

Shewn (46 Occurrences)

Slackness (3 Occurrences)

Dearly (30 Occurrences)

Delay (47 Occurrences)

Heretofore (25 Occurrences)

Pattern (28 Occurrences)

Transgression (70 Occurrences)

Resting (117 Occurrences)

Bear (425 Occurrences)

Glorious (91 Occurrences)

Lost (85 Occurrences)

Elect (32 Occurrences)

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