Ecclesiastes 7:8
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Read in context →Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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makrothyméō · mak-roth-oo-meh'-o
to be long-spirited, i.e. (objectively) forbearing or (subjectively) patient
Strong's KJV usage: :--bear (suffer) long, be longsuffering, have (long) patience, be patient, patiently endure.
Strong's first: 1 Thessalonians 5:14Strong's last: James 5:8
Open full G3114 profile →anexíkakos · an-ex-ik'-ak-os
enduring of ill, i.e. forbearing
Strong's KJV usage: :--patient.
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 2:24Strong's last: 2 Timothy 2:24
Open full G420 profile →epieikḗs · ep-ee-i-kace'
appropriate, i.e. (by implication) mild
Strong's KJV usage: :--gentle, moderation, patient.
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 3:3Strong's last: 1 Timothy 3:3
Open full G1933 profile →hypoménō · hoop-om-en'-o
to stay under (behind), i.e. remain; figuratively, to undergo, i.e. bear (trials), have fortitude, persevere
Strong's KJV usage: :--abide, endure, (take) patient(-ly), suffer, tarry behind.
Strong's first: Romans 12:12Strong's last: Romans 12:12
Open full G5278 profile →ʼârêk · aw-rake'
long
Strong's KJV usage: long(-suffering, -winged), patient, slow (to anger).
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 7:8Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 7:8
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Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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PATIENT, adjective pa'shent. [Latin patiens.]
1. Having the quality of enduring evils without murmuring or fretfulness; sustaining afflictions of body or mind with fortitude, calmness or christian submission to the divine will; as a patient person, or a person of patient temper. It is followed by of before the evil endured; as patient of labor or pain; patient of heat or cold.
2. Not easily provoked; calm under the sufferance of injuries or offenses; not revengeful.
Be patient towards all men. 1 Thessalonians 5:14.
3. Persevering; constant in pursuit or exertion; calmly diligent.
Whatever I have done is due to patient thought.
4. Not hasty; not over eager or impetuous; waiting or expecting with calmness or without discontent.
Not patient to expect the turns of fate.
PA'TIENT, noun A person or thing that received impressions from external agents; he or that which is passively affected.
Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient
1. A person diseased or suffering bodily indisposition. It is used in relation to the physician; as, the physician visits his patient morning and evening.
2. It is sometimes used absolutely for a sick person.
It is wonderful to observe how inapprehensive these patients are of their disease.
PA'TIENT, verb intransitive To compose one's self. [Not used.]
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