Strong G2594καρτερέω
to endure
- Transliteration
- kartereō
- Pronunciation
- kar-ter-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From a derivative of G2904 (transposed); to be strong that is (figuratively) steadfast (patient): - endure.
Detailed definition
καρτερέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Job.2:9 (חָזַק hi.), Isa.42:14 (פָּאָה), Sir.2:2 12:15, 2 12:1-18, 4Macc 7:1-23 *;]
to be steadfast, patient: Heb.11:27 (cf. προσ-καρτερέω).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Job.2:9 (חָזַק hi.), Isa.42:14 (פָּאָה), Sir.2:2 12:15, 2 12:1-18, 4Macc 7:1-23 *;]
to be steadfast, patient: Heb.11:27 (cf. προσ-καρτερέω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2594 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- endure1
First verses
- Hebrews 11:27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
καρτερ-έω,
to be steadfast, patient, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1274, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 112, etc.; ῥᾷον παραινεῖν ἢ παθόντα καρτερεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1078, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.64; κ. μάχῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 837; κ. ἐλπίδι τινός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44: frequently with a _preposition_, κ. πρός τι)] to hold up against a thing, e.g. πρὸς ἡδονάς τε καὶ λύπας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 556c; πρὸς λιμὸν καὶ ῥῖγος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.13; ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.48, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 194a)]; κ. ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς to be patient or temperate in.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 635c; ἐν πολέμῳ [prev. author] “La.” 193a)]; κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου refrain therefrom, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 13.13)]: with participle, persevere in doing, οἱ δ᾽ ἐκαρτέρουν πρὸς κῦμα λακτίζοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1395; κ. ἀναλίσκων ἀργύριον φρονίμως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 192e; ἀκούων 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.241; κ. ἐν ἐπιτηδεύμασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.32)]; also τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκαρτέρουν was strangely obdurate or obstinate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 650)]: in later Prose meaning little more than wait, καρτέρει καὶ θεώρει wait and see, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.2Mac.7.17; οὐ κ. μέχρι θαλάμων ἐλθεῖν 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.291.)]
II with accusative of things, bear patiently, endure, τὰ δ᾽ ἀδύναθ᾽ ἡμῖν καρτερεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1370; κ. θεοῦ δόσιν [prev. author] Alcaeus1071; τῷ σώματι τὰ συντυγχάνοντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.7; τὸν τῶν ὑπεροπτικῶν ὄγκον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.30; πολλὴν κακοπάθειαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278b27:)] —passive, κεκαρτέρηται τἀμά my time for patience is over, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1457.--In 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, οὐ καρτεριάδδει· οὐ φρόνιμος εἶ, should probably be οὐ καρτερίδδει (_Laconian dialect_ for καρτερίζει).)]
to be steadfast, patient, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1274, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 112, etc.; ῥᾷον παραινεῖν ἢ παθόντα καρτερεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1078, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.64; κ. μάχῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 837; κ. ἐλπίδι τινός 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44: frequently with a _preposition_, κ. πρός τι)] to hold up against a thing, e.g. πρὸς ἡδονάς τε καὶ λύπας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 556c; πρὸς λιμὸν καὶ ῥῖγος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.3.13; ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.48, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 194a)]; κ. ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς to be patient or temperate in.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 635c; ἐν πολέμῳ [prev. author] “La.” 193a)]; κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου refrain therefrom, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 13.13)]: with participle, persevere in doing, οἱ δ᾽ ἐκαρτέρουν πρὸς κῦμα λακτίζοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1395; κ. ἀναλίσκων ἀργύριον φρονίμως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 192e; ἀκούων 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.241; κ. ἐν ἐπιτηδεύμασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.32)]; also τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκαρτέρουν was strangely obdurate or obstinate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 650)]: in later Prose meaning little more than wait, καρτέρει καὶ θεώρει wait and see, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.2Mac.7.17; οὐ κ. μέχρι θαλάμων ἐλθεῖν 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.291.)]
II with accusative of things, bear patiently, endure, τὰ δ᾽ ἀδύναθ᾽ ἡμῖν καρτερεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1370; κ. θεοῦ δόσιν [prev. author] Alcaeus1071; τῷ σώματι τὰ συντυγχάνοντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.7; τὸν τῶν ὑπεροπτικῶν ὄγκον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.30; πολλὴν κακοπάθειαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278b27:)] —passive, κεκαρτέρηται τἀμά my time for patience is over, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1457.--In 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, οὐ καρτεριάδδει· οὐ φρόνιμος εἶ, should probably be οὐ καρτερίδδει (_Laconian dialect_ for καρτερίζει).)]