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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Patient
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James 5:8
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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μακροθυμέω
makrothyméō · mak-roth-oo-meh'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Thessalonians 5:14Strong's last: James 5:8
Open full G3114 profile →ἀνεξίκακος
anexíkakos · an-ex-ik'-ak-os
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
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 →ἐπιεικής
epieikḗs · ep-ee-i-kace'
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
appropriate, i.e. (by implication) mild
Strong's KJV usage: :--gentle, moderation, patient.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 3:3Strong's last: 1 Timothy 3:3
Open full G1933 profile →ὑπομένω
hypoménō · hoop-om-en'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 12:12Strong's last: Romans 12:12
Open full G5278 profile →אָרֵךְ
ʼârêk · aw-rake'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
long
Strong's KJV usage: long(-suffering, -winged), patient, slow (to anger).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 7:8Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 7:8
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G1933
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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patient
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.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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