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Strong G430ἀνέχω

to endure

Transliteration
anechomai
Pronunciation
an-ekh'-om-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Middle voice from G303 and G2192; to hold oneself up against that is (figuratively) put up with: - bear with endure forbear suffer.

Detailed definition

ἀν-έχω
[in LXX chiefly for אָפַק hithp.;]
to hold up; in NT always mid., to bear with, endure: in cl. most frequently with accusative, but in NT with genitive of person(s), Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41, 2Co.11:1 11:19, Eph.4:2, Col.3:13; before μικρόν τι, with genitive of person(s) and with genitive of thing(s), 2Co.11:1; with dative of thing(s), 2Th.1:4 (v M, Th., in l); before εἴ τις, 2Co.11:20; absol., 1Co.4:12, 2Co.11:4; to bear with = to listen to, with genitive of person(s), Act.18:14; with genitive of thing(s), 2Ti.4:3, Heb.13:22 (cf. προσανέχω and MM, VGT, see word).†
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Strong G430 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • suffer7
  • bear3
  • endure2
  • forbear2
  • will1
  • ye1

First verses

  1. Matthew 17:17
    Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
  2. Mark 9:19
    He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
  3. Luke 9:41
    And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
  4. Acts 18:14
    And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
  5. 1 Corinthians 4:12
    And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
  6. 2 Corinthians 11:1
    Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
  7. 2 Corinthians 11:4
    For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
  8. 2 Corinthians 11:19
    For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
  9. 2 Corinthians 11:20
    For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
  10. Ephesians 4:2
    With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
  11. Colossians 3:13
    Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
  12. 2 Thessalonians 1:4
    So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
  13. 2 Timothy 4:3
    For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
  14. Hebrews 13:22
    And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
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ἀνέχω,
imperfect ἀνεῖχον: also ἀνίσχω, imperfect ἀνῖσχον: future ἀνέξω[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 82, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 4(s. see l.), also ἀνασχήσω 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.106, 7.14, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 732)]: aorist ἀνέσχον[Refs (11.17.310, etc.)]; poetry ἀνέσχεθον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 10.461, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1027)], Epic dialect infinitive ἀνσχεθέειν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.320)]: perfect ἀνέσχηκα[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.190, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 105)]:—middle ἀνέχομαι: imperfect ἠνειχόμην (with double augment) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 905, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 411, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77, etc.)]: future ἀνέξομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.5.895, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1028, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.160, etc.; also ἀνασχήσομαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 252, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 299)], Epic dialect infinitive ἀνσχήσεσθαι[Refs (11.5.104)]: aorist ἀνεσχόμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (18.430, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 747 codices, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 687 (where ἠνέσχου is contra metrically))]; more frequently with double augment ἠνεσχόμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.48, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1274)]; and Attic dialect, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1363, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.28, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.3, etc.; syncopated. ἠνσχόμην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 467; _2nd pers.sing._ _imperative_ ἄνσχεο (see. below with 11))]:—passive, [LXX+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.55, LXX.4Mac.1.35.)]
A transitive, hold up, lift up, χεῖρας ἀνέσχον held up their hands in fight [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.89)] (later of pugilists, hold up the hands in token of defeat, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.129))]:—frequently lift up the hands in prayer, θεοῖσι δὲ χεῖρας ἀνέσχον[Refs 7th c.BC+ (11.3.318, compare 1.450, 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 82, etc.)]; so ἄνακτι εὐχὰς ἀ. offer prayers, perhaps with uplifted hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 636; ἄνεχε χέρας, ἄνεχε λόγον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 592)]; also ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα offer the hand (to shake), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 82 (uncertain).)]
A.2 lift up as an offering, τάγ᾽ Ἀθηναίῃ ληΐτιδι.. ὑψόσ᾽ ἀνέσχεθε χειρί[Refs (11.10.461)]; as a testimony, σκῆπτρον ἀ. πᾶσι θεοῖσι[Refs (7.412)]; μαζὸν ἀ., of Hecuba entreating her son Hector,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (22.80; κενεὰς.. ἀνέσχε γλήνας 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.254; ἄκουε δ᾽ ἀν᾽ οὖς ἔχων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 126.)]
A.3 ἀ. φλόγα hold up a torch, especially at weddings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 732: hence the phrase ἄνεχε, πάρεχε i.e. τὸ φῶς))] hold up, pass on the light in procession, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 308, “Cyc.” 203, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1326; also ἀ. φάος σωτήριον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 482; τὸ σημεῖον τοῦ πυρός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.111.)]
A.4 lift up, exalt, τὰ κείνων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.89.)]
A.5 hold up, prop, sustain, οὐρανὸν καὶ γῆν, of Atlas, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.11.5; κίων ἀ. τὴν στέγην 2nd c.AD: Oenomaus Philosophus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 5.34)]:—passive, γέφυρα σκάφαις ἀνεχομένη[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.55:)] —but more frequently,
A.5.b metaphorically, uphold, maintain, εὐδικίας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.111; πολέμους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141)]; ὄργια ἀ. keep up the revels, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 948; Βάκχης ἀνέχων λέκτρ᾽ Ἀγαμέμνων)]remaining constant to, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 121 (see. below 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3))]; οἰνῶπ᾽ ἀνέχουσα κισσόν keeping constant to, haunting the ivy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 674 (assuming variant))]; βαρὺν ἀνὰ θυμὸν ἔχοισα keeping up his anger, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.96.)]
A.6 put forth, δάφνα ἀ. πτόρθους[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 459 (Lyric poetry).)]
A.II hold back, check, ἄνεχ᾽ ἵππους[Refs 1st c.BC+ (11.23.426; ἀ. τὰ ὅπλα διὰ τῶν ἀνακλητικῶν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.21)]; ἀ. Σικελίαν μὴ ὑπ᾽ αὐτοὺς εἶναι keep it from being.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.86; ἑαυτὸν ἀπό τινος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.514a)]:—passive, ἀνέχεται τὰ πάθη ὑπὸ τοῦ λογισμοῦ[LXX (LXX.4Mac.1.35.)]
B intransitive, rise up, emerge, ἀνσχεθέειν.. ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.320)]; of a diver, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.8; σκόπελοι ἐν τῷ Νείλῳ ὀξέες ἀ. [prev. author] 2.29; ἀ. ἐς ἀέρα 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1383.)]
B.b especially in form ἀνίσχω, of the sun, πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνίσχοντα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.98, etc.; so λαμπὰς ἀνίσχει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 93 (Lyric poetry); ἅμ᾽ ἡλίῳ ἀνίσχοντι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.13, compare 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 119.9.)]
B.c of events, arise, happen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.106, 7.14.)]
B.d appear, show oncself, ἄελπτον ὄμμα.. φήμης ἀνασχόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 204)]; turn out, prove to be, μελοποιὸς ἢ τραγῳδὸς ἄριστος[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.209D.)]
B.e stand up, κίονες περὶ τοίχοις[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.217.)]
B.2 come forth, αἰχμὴ παρὰ.. ὦμον ἀνέσχεν[Refs 1st c.AD+ (11.17.310, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 44)]; of a headland, jut out into the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.123, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.46, etc.; ἀ. πρὸς τὸ Σικελικὸν πέλαγος [prev. author] 4.53, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.166)]; ἐς τὸν πόντον [τὴν ἄκρην] ἀνέχοντα jutting out with its headland into the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.99 (uncertain reading); reversely, κοιλάδες ἐς μεσόγαιαν ἐκ θαλάσσης ἀ. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.2.4.)]
B.3 hold on, keep doing, with participle, ἀ. διασκοπῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48)]; σε.. στέρξας ἀνέχει is constant in his love for thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 212 (Lyric poetry, compare above 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.5b): with _dative_, τελεταῖς)]practise regularly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.249 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]: absolutely, wait, ταύτῃ ἀνέχειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.94, compare 2.18.)]
B.4 hold up, cease, Ζεὺς οὔθ᾽ ὕων πάντεσσ᾽ ἁνδάνει οὔτ᾽ ἀνέχων[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.28; uncertain reading in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.20.)]
B.5 with genitive, cease from, οὐδὲ.. καμάτων ἀνέχουσι γυναῖκες[Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 174; τοῦ πολέμου 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 75; τοῦ φονεύειν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 33.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses no tense _intransitive_ except)]aorist
C middle, hold up what is one's own, ὁ δ᾽ ἀνέσχετο μείλινον ἔγχος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (11.5.655; δούρατ᾽ ἀνασχόμενοι 11.594, etc.: hence ἀνασχόμενος is often used _absolutely_ (i.e. ἔγχος, ξίφος, etc.), πλῆξεν ἀ. 3.362; κόψε δ᾽ ἀ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.425; πὺξ μάλ᾽ ἀνασχομένω πεπληγέμεν 11.23.660; also ἄντα δ᾽ ἀνασχομένω χερσί [prev. work] 686.)]
C.II hold oneself up, bear up, οὐδέ σ᾽ ὀΐω δηρὸν ἔτ᾽ ἀνσχήσεσθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 5.285, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.375:)]aorist imperative ἀνάσχεο, ={τέτλαθι}, be of good courage,[Refs (11.1.586; ἄνσχεο)]be patient, [Refs (23.587)]; ἀνὰ δ᾽ ἔχευ is probable reading for ἀνὰ δ᾽ εὖ in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 6.2: in)]present participle, ἀνεχόμενοι φέρουσι τὸν χειμῶνα they bear with patience, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.28; Stoic motto ἀνέχου καὶ ἀπέχου 2nd c.AD: Gellius, Aulus Grammaticus Latinus 17.19.)]
C.II.2 with accusative, τοσσάδ᾽ ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ᾗσιν ἀνέσχετο κήδεα 11.18.430; ἦ δὴ πολλὰ κάκ᾽ ἄνσχεο σὸν κατὰ θυμόν 24.518; τὴν δουλοσύνην οὐκ ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.169; τὰ πρὶν κακὰ ἠνειχόμεσθα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 905, etc.; χαλκὸν ἀνασχέσθαι 11.4.511, etc.: with _accusative_ _person_, οὐ γὰρ ξείνους.. ἀνέχονται)] they do not suffer or bear with strangers, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.32, compare 17.13; τῶν ἵππων οὔτι ἀνεχομένων τὰς καμήλους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.87; τούτους ἀνάσχου δεσπότας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 304, compare 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 6 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]: with accusative of things et genitive person, οὐδεὶς ἂν αὐτοῦ ἀγελαστὶ ἠνέσχετο ταῦτα τὰ ἔπη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.188c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 507.)]
C.II.3 with genitive, uncertain in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, δουλοσύνης ἀνέχεσθαι variant in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.423; so ἅπαντος ἀνδρὸς ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 323a, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.16)]; to be content with, τοῦ ἐν σώματι κάλλους[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.9.2.)]
C.II.4 the dependent clause is mostly (always in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus) in)]participle, οὐ μάν σε.. ἀνέξομαι ἄλγε᾽ ἔχοντα I will not suffer thee to have.., [Refs (11.5.895)]; οὐ γὰρ ἀεργὸν [ὄντα] ἀνέξομαι I will not suffer one [to be].., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.27; εἰ τὸν.. θανόντ᾽ ἄθαπτον ἠνσχόμην νέκυν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 467; οὐκ ἀνέξεται τίκτοντας ἄλλους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 712)]; καὶ γάρ κ᾽.. ἀνεχοιμην ἥμενος for I would be content to sit.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.595; σοῦ κλύων ἀνέξεται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 838, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1028, “Ph.” 411; ἀνάσχεσθε σιγῶσαι [prev. author] “fragment” 679; also οὐ σῖγ᾽ ἀνέξε; [prev. author] “Aj.” 75: frequently in Prose, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, 206, 5.19, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.74, etc.; ἄποτος ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 596a2; also ἀ. τοῦ ἄλλα λέγοντος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 564d; ἀ. τῶν οἰκείων ἀμελουμένων [prev. author] “Ap.” 31b; οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἠνέσχεσθε εἴ τις.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.170)]:—also in active, ἀνέσχηκα[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 105.)]
C.II.5 rarely with infinitive, suffer, οὐκ ἀνέξομαι τὸ μὴ οὐ..[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 914; κοκκύζειν τὸν ἀλεκτρυόν᾽ οὐκ ἀνέχονται 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 311; ἀνακεκλίσθαι οὐκ ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.9; ἀ. πάντα ὑπομένειν 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.34; σὺν ἄλλοις βιοῦν οὐκ ἀ. 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 6.30.)]
C.II.5.b dare to do, ἀνέσχοντο τὸν ἐπιόντα δέξασθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139.)]
C.II.5.c οὐκ ἀ., with infinitive, refuse to do.., [Refs (“POxy.” 903.36, +others)]
C.III rarely, hold on by one another, hang together, ἀνά τ᾽ ἀλλήλησιν ἔχονται[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.8.)]