μακροθυμέω

μακροθυμέω, -ῶ

(μακρό-θυμος, long-tempered; see: -ία), [in LXX: Praed 8,12 א2, Ord 19,11 (אָרַךְ, אַף אָרַךְ), Job 7,16, Sir 2,4, al. ;]

1. actively = καρτερέω, to persevere (Plut., 2, 593 F).

2. Passively, to be patient, long-suffering: absol., 1 Kor 13,4, Hebr 6,15, Jak 5,8; before ἕως, with genitive, Jak 5,7 ἐπί, with dative, ib. (Sir 2,4); πρός, with accusative, 1 Thess 5,14 ἐπί, with dative, Matt 18,26, 29, Luk 18,7; εἰς, 2 Pet 3,9,†

SYN.: ὑπομένω, q.v