Strong G4722στέγω
to endure
- Transliteration
- stegō
- Pronunciation
- steg'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G4721; to roof over that is (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently): - (for-) bear suffer.
Detailed definition
στέγω
(cf. Lat. tego), [in LXX: Sir.8:17 *;]
1. prop., to cover closely, to protect by covering, esp. to keep water in or out (Soph., Plat., al.).
2. to cover, keep secret, conceal (Sir, l.with, Polyb., al.): 1Co.13:7, R, mg.
3. By covering to ward of, bear up under, endure (for exx., see, Lft., Notes, 40; M, Th., 36): 1Co.9:12 13:7, 1Th.3:1 3:5.†
(AS)
(cf. Lat. tego), [in LXX: Sir.8:17 *;]
1. prop., to cover closely, to protect by covering, esp. to keep water in or out (Soph., Plat., al.).
2. to cover, keep secret, conceal (Sir, l.with, Polyb., al.): 1Co.13:7, R, mg.
3. By covering to ward of, bear up under, endure (for exx., see, Lft., Notes, 40; M, Th., 36): 1Co.9:12 13:7, 1Th.3:1 3:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4722 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- can2
- forbear2
- beareth1
- suffer1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 9:12If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 13:7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
στέγω,
used by early writers mainly in present and imperfect: future στέξω uncertain conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.29)]: aorist ἔστεξα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.12.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 35, etc.:)] —middle, aorist ἐστέξατο conjecture for ἐδέξατο in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 13.27 (3rd c.BC: Phalaecus Epigrammaticus))]:— passive, aorist ἐστέχθην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Epictetum commentaria” p.117 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]:—cover closely, so as to keep a fluid either out or in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 78a (of fire):)]
A keep out water, δόμος ἅλα στέγων a house that keeps out the sea, i.e. a good ship, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 135 (Lyric poetry): _absolutely_, νῆες οὐδὲν στέγουσαι)] not water-tight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.94; εὐνὰς τοιαύτας οἵας.. στέγειν.. ἱκανὰς εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 415e, compare “Ti.” 45c, “Cra.” 412d)]; τῇ.. στεγούσῃ γῇ in the impervious earth, [Refs ([prev. author] “Criti.” 111d)]; συμμύει καὶ στέγει, of timber, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.7.4, compare 5.4.5; οἰκία στέγουσα “IG” 22.2498.23, compare 12(5).568.12 (Ceos, 5th-4th c.BC):)] —so in middle, στέγετο.. ὄμβρους kept off the rain from himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.81)]; νεῦς οὐκ ἐστέξατο κῦμα [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” [prev. cited] (see. above); ταῦτα δὲ παρέξοντι οἰκοδομημένα καὶ στεγόμενα καὶ τεθυρωμένα “Tab.Heracl.” 1.142.)]
2 of other things, fend off, repel, οὔτε οἱ πῖλοι ἔστεγον τὰ τοξεύματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.34; δόρυ πολέμιον στέγειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 216)]; στέγων γὰρ ἐχθροὺς θάνατον εἵλετ᾽[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1014; σ. τὰς πληγάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1295; στέγει ἡ σὰρξ τὸ προσπῖπτον θερμόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 889a11.)]
3 later, bear up, sustain, support, ἡ θάλαττα.. σ. τὰ βάρη [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 217; σ. τὸν ὄροφον 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.8.12; τοῦ κρυστάλλου στέγοντος τὰς διαβάσεις στρατοπέδων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.34)]; bear up against, endure, resist, τὴν ἐπιφοράν, ἔφοδον, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.53.2, 18.25.4, compare “SIG” 700.23 (Lete, 2nd c.BC))]; σ. νόσον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.340 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); τὸ δυσῶδες 1st c.AD: Memnon Historicus 2.4; τὰς ἐνδείας 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.526)]; ἡ ἀγάπη.. πάντα σ. [NT (NT.1Cor.13.7, compare 9.12)]: absolutely, contain oneself, hold out, στέγειν, καρτερεῖν [NT+5th c.BC+ (“Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 1.30, cf. NT.1Thes.3.1, 5; ἔστεξα ἕως ἔλθῃς “POxy.” 1775.10 (4th c.AD) (in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 11 στέξαντες is _falsa lectio_ for{στέρξαντες}).)]
B keep in, hold water, etc., δάκρυον ὄμματ᾽ οὐκέτι στέγει probably falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 888 (troch.))]; οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην μὴ στέγοντα πιμπλάναι I could not fill leaky vessels, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 899)]; ὕδωρ σ., of a vessel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 621a: _metaphorically_, τὴν ψυχὴν κοσκίνῳ ἀπῄκασε.. τετρημένην, ἅτε οὐ δυναμένην στέγειν δι᾽ ἀπιστίαν καὶ λήθην 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 493c; [ψυχὴν] στέγουσαν οὐδέν [prev. author] “Lg.” 714a; in [prev. author] “R.” 586b, τὸ στέγον ἑαυτῶν)] probably means the continent part of each man,[Refs (compare στεγανός 11.4.)]
B.II generally, contain, hold, ἄγγος σῶμα τοὐκείνου σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1118, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1412; ὄχλον σ. δῶμα [prev. author] “Hipp.” 843.)]
B.III shelter, protect, πύργοι πόλιν στέγουσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 15 codices, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 797: _metaphorically_, ὅρκος σ. τὴν ὁμόνοιαν αὐτῶν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.29 (conjecture))]; τὸ ξύλον ἔστεξεν ἡ γῆ retained and cherished it, so that it struck root, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 20, compare “Alex.” 35.)]
B.III.2 conceal, keep hidden, κακόν τι κεύθεις καὶ στέγεις ὑπὸ σκότῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1214; ἥξει.., κἂν ἐγὼ σιγῇ στέγω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 341)]; τί χρὴ στέγειν ἢ τί λέγει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 136 (Lyric poetry); τὸ γὰρ γυναιξὶν αἰσχρὸν σὺν γυναῖκα χρὴ στέγειν [prev. author] “fragment” 679; σ. τἀμὰ καὶ σ᾽ ἔπη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 273; στέξαι τὸ κριθέν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.8.2)]:—passive, to be kept secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.72)]; παρ᾽ ὑμῶν εὖ στεγοίμεθ᾽ let my counsel be kept secret by you, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 596.)]
B.IV close up, in passive, τὰ τῶν ἀγγείων στόματα στεγόμενα [Refs 7th c.AD+ (7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.7)]. (Cf. Sanskrit sthagati 'cover, hide', Latin tego, Engl. thatch.)
used by early writers mainly in present and imperfect: future στέξω uncertain conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.29)]: aorist ἔστεξα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.12.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 35, etc.:)] —middle, aorist ἐστέξατο conjecture for ἐδέξατο in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 13.27 (3rd c.BC: Phalaecus Epigrammaticus))]:— passive, aorist ἐστέχθην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Epictetum commentaria” p.117 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]:—cover closely, so as to keep a fluid either out or in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 78a (of fire):)]
A keep out water, δόμος ἅλα στέγων a house that keeps out the sea, i.e. a good ship, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 135 (Lyric poetry): _absolutely_, νῆες οὐδὲν στέγουσαι)] not water-tight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.94; εὐνὰς τοιαύτας οἵας.. στέγειν.. ἱκανὰς εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 415e, compare “Ti.” 45c, “Cra.” 412d)]; τῇ.. στεγούσῃ γῇ in the impervious earth, [Refs ([prev. author] “Criti.” 111d)]; συμμύει καὶ στέγει, of timber, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.7.4, compare 5.4.5; οἰκία στέγουσα “IG” 22.2498.23, compare 12(5).568.12 (Ceos, 5th-4th c.BC):)] —so in middle, στέγετο.. ὄμβρους kept off the rain from himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.81)]; νεῦς οὐκ ἐστέξατο κῦμα [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” [prev. cited] (see. above); ταῦτα δὲ παρέξοντι οἰκοδομημένα καὶ στεγόμενα καὶ τεθυρωμένα “Tab.Heracl.” 1.142.)]
2 of other things, fend off, repel, οὔτε οἱ πῖλοι ἔστεγον τὰ τοξεύματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.34; δόρυ πολέμιον στέγειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 216)]; στέγων γὰρ ἐχθροὺς θάνατον εἵλετ᾽[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1014; σ. τὰς πληγάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1295; στέγει ἡ σὰρξ τὸ προσπῖπτον θερμόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 889a11.)]
3 later, bear up, sustain, support, ἡ θάλαττα.. σ. τὰ βάρη [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 217; σ. τὸν ὄροφον 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.8.12; τοῦ κρυστάλλου στέγοντος τὰς διαβάσεις στρατοπέδων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.34)]; bear up against, endure, resist, τὴν ἐπιφοράν, ἔφοδον, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.53.2, 18.25.4, compare “SIG” 700.23 (Lete, 2nd c.BC))]; σ. νόσον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.340 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); τὸ δυσῶδες 1st c.AD: Memnon Historicus 2.4; τὰς ἐνδείας 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.526)]; ἡ ἀγάπη.. πάντα σ. [NT (NT.1Cor.13.7, compare 9.12)]: absolutely, contain oneself, hold out, στέγειν, καρτερεῖν [NT+5th c.BC+ (“Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 1.30, cf. NT.1Thes.3.1, 5; ἔστεξα ἕως ἔλθῃς “POxy.” 1775.10 (4th c.AD) (in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 11 στέξαντες is _falsa lectio_ for{στέρξαντες}).)]
B keep in, hold water, etc., δάκρυον ὄμματ᾽ οὐκέτι στέγει probably falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 888 (troch.))]; οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην μὴ στέγοντα πιμπλάναι I could not fill leaky vessels, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 899)]; ὕδωρ σ., of a vessel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 621a: _metaphorically_, τὴν ψυχὴν κοσκίνῳ ἀπῄκασε.. τετρημένην, ἅτε οὐ δυναμένην στέγειν δι᾽ ἀπιστίαν καὶ λήθην 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 493c; [ψυχὴν] στέγουσαν οὐδέν [prev. author] “Lg.” 714a; in [prev. author] “R.” 586b, τὸ στέγον ἑαυτῶν)] probably means the continent part of each man,[Refs (compare στεγανός 11.4.)]
B.II generally, contain, hold, ἄγγος σῶμα τοὐκείνου σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1118, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1412; ὄχλον σ. δῶμα [prev. author] “Hipp.” 843.)]
B.III shelter, protect, πύργοι πόλιν στέγουσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 15 codices, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 797: _metaphorically_, ὅρκος σ. τὴν ὁμόνοιαν αὐτῶν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.29 (conjecture))]; τὸ ξύλον ἔστεξεν ἡ γῆ retained and cherished it, so that it struck root, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 20, compare “Alex.” 35.)]
B.III.2 conceal, keep hidden, κακόν τι κεύθεις καὶ στέγεις ὑπὸ σκότῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1214; ἥξει.., κἂν ἐγὼ σιγῇ στέγω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 341)]; τί χρὴ στέγειν ἢ τί λέγει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 136 (Lyric poetry); τὸ γὰρ γυναιξὶν αἰσχρὸν σὺν γυναῖκα χρὴ στέγειν [prev. author] “fragment” 679; σ. τἀμὰ καὶ σ᾽ ἔπη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 273; στέξαι τὸ κριθέν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.8.2)]:—passive, to be kept secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.72)]; παρ᾽ ὑμῶν εὖ στεγοίμεθ᾽ let my counsel be kept secret by you, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 596.)]
B.IV close up, in passive, τὰ τῶν ἀγγείων στόματα στεγόμενα [Refs 7th c.AD+ (7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.7)]. (Cf. Sanskrit sthagati 'cover, hide', Latin tego, Engl. thatch.)