Strong G414ἀνεκτός
bearable
- Transliteration
- anektoteros
- Pronunciation
- an-ek-tot'-er-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Comparative of a derivative of G430; more endurable: - more tolerable.
Detailed definition
αν-εκτός, -όν
(also in late Gk. -ή, -όν; ἀνέχομαι),
tolerable: compar., -ότερος, Mat.10:15 11:22, 24, Luk.10:12, 14 †
(AS)
(also in late Gk. -ή, -όν; ἀνέχομαι),
tolerable: compar., -ότερος, Mat.10:15 11:22, 24, Luk.10:12, 14 †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G414 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tolerable6
First verses
- Matthew 10:15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
- Matthew 11:22But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
- Matthew 11:24But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
- Mark 6:11And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
- Luke 10:12But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
- Luke 10:14But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνεκτός, όν,
later ή, όν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“IGRom.” 4.293 ii 4 (Pergam.), 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.36)]: Aeolic dialect ὄνεκτος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 27.9)]:— bearable, sufferable, tolerable, mostly with a negative (like ἀνασχετός), λοίγια ἔργα.. οὐδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἀνεκτά[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.573; χρειὼ.. οὐκέτ᾽ ἀνεκτός 10.118, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1195, etc.)]: so mostly in Attic dialect, οὐκ ἀνεκτόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1364; οὐκ ἀνεκτά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 282, etc.)]; or with a question, ἦ ταῦτα δῆτ᾽ ἀνεκτ;[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 429; ταυτὶ δῆτ᾽ ἀνέκτ᾽ ἀκούει; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 563:)] —οὐκ ἀνεκτόν [ἐστι] followed by infinitive, with or without μὴ οὐ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 154c, 181b)]; τὸ μὲν οὐκ ἀ. ἐμοὶ.. γίγνεσθαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 861d.)]
2 without a negative, τὸ μὲν καὶ ἀνεκτὸν ἔχει κακόν that can be endured, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.83; ἀ. χοὖτος ἦν ὅμως ἐμοί 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.13; ἀνεκτὰ παθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.77; μέχρι τοῦδε ἀνεκτοὶ οἱ ἔπαινοι ἐς ὅσον.. [prev. author] 2.35)]; παντὶ τρόπῳ ὅστις καὶ ὁπωσοῦν ἀνεκτός in any tolerable manner whatsoever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.90; ἀ. τι λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.65; συμβίωσιν -όν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.78W.; ἀνεκτότερα)]more tolerable, [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 12.45.2; ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται τινί NT.Matt.10.15, 11.22)], etc.: superlative, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.226S.)]
2.b of persons, μόγις ἀνεκτοί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.20, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.13.)]
II adverb -τῶς, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus always οὐκέτ᾽ ἀνεκτῶς, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.350, etc.)]; οὐκ ἀνεκτῶς ἔχει it is not to be borne, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.3.1: without _negative_, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 2, “Oec.” p.31J.)]
later ή, όν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“IGRom.” 4.293 ii 4 (Pergam.), 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.36)]: Aeolic dialect ὄνεκτος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 27.9)]:— bearable, sufferable, tolerable, mostly with a negative (like ἀνασχετός), λοίγια ἔργα.. οὐδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἀνεκτά[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.573; χρειὼ.. οὐκέτ᾽ ἀνεκτός 10.118, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1195, etc.)]: so mostly in Attic dialect, οὐκ ἀνεκτόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1364; οὐκ ἀνεκτά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 282, etc.)]; or with a question, ἦ ταῦτα δῆτ᾽ ἀνεκτ;[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 429; ταυτὶ δῆτ᾽ ἀνέκτ᾽ ἀκούει; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 563:)] —οὐκ ἀνεκτόν [ἐστι] followed by infinitive, with or without μὴ οὐ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 154c, 181b)]; τὸ μὲν οὐκ ἀ. ἐμοὶ.. γίγνεσθαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 861d.)]
2 without a negative, τὸ μὲν καὶ ἀνεκτὸν ἔχει κακόν that can be endured, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.83; ἀ. χοὖτος ἦν ὅμως ἐμοί 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 145.13; ἀνεκτὰ παθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.77; μέχρι τοῦδε ἀνεκτοὶ οἱ ἔπαινοι ἐς ὅσον.. [prev. author] 2.35)]; παντὶ τρόπῳ ὅστις καὶ ὁπωσοῦν ἀνεκτός in any tolerable manner whatsoever, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.90; ἀ. τι λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.65; συμβίωσιν -όν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.78W.; ἀνεκτότερα)]more tolerable, [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 12.45.2; ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται τινί NT.Matt.10.15, 11.22)], etc.: superlative, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.226S.)]
2.b of persons, μόγις ἀνεκτοί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.20, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.13.)]
II adverb -τῶς, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus always οὐκέτ᾽ ἀνεκτῶς, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.350, etc.)]; οὐκ ἀνεκτῶς ἔχει it is not to be borne, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.3.1: without _negative_, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 2, “Oec.” p.31J.)]