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ENDURE, ENDURING
A. Verbs.
1.
(
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, 3306), “to abide,” is rendered “to endure” in the
KJV
of John 6:27 and
1 Pet. 1:25 (
RV
, “abideth”); Heb. 10:34,
KJV
, “enduring (substance),”
RV
, “abiding.” See
ABIDE
.
2.
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(
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, 5278), a strengthened form of No. 1, denotes “to abide
under, to bear up courageously” (under suffering), Matt. 10:22; 24:13; Mark 13:13; Rom.
12:12, translated “patient”; 1 Cor. 13:7; 2 Tim. 2:10, 12 (
KJV
, “suffer”); Heb. 10:32; 12:2-
3, 7; Jas. 1:12; 5:11; 1 Pet. 2:20, “ye shall take it patiently.” It has its other significance,
“to tarry, wait for, await,” in Luke 2:43; Acts 17:14 (in some mss., Rom. 8:24).¶ Cf. B.
See
ABIDE
,
PATIENT
,
SUFFER
,
TARRY
. Cf.
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, to be longsuffering” (see No. 7).
3.
(
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, 5342), “to bear,” is translated “endured” in Rom. 9:22 and Heb.
12:20. See
BEAR
.
4.
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(
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, 5297), a strengthened form of No. 3, “to bear or carry,” by
being under, is said metaphorically of “enduring” temptation, 1 Cor. 10:13,
KJV
, “bear”;
persecutions, 2 Tim. 3:11; griefs, 1 Pet. 2:19. See
BEAR
.¶
5.
(
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, 430), “to hold up” ( , “up,”
, “to hold or have”), always
in the middle voice in the NT, is rendered “endure” in 2 Thess. 1:4, of persecutions and
tribulations; in 2 Tim. 4:3, of sound doctrine. See
BEAR
.
6.
(
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, 2594), “to be steadfast, patient,” is used in Heb. 11:27,
“endured,” of Moses in relation to Egypt.¶ In the Sept., Job 2:9; Isa. 42:14.¶
7.
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(
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, 3114), “to be long-tempered” (
, “long,”
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, “mind”), is rendered “patiently endured” in Heb. 6:15, said of Abraham. See B,
below. See
BEAR
,
LONGSUFFERING
,
PATIENCE
,
SUFFER
.
Note:
In 2 Tim. 2:9,
, “to suffer evil” (
, “evil,”
, “to suffer”),
is translated “endure hardness,”
KJV
;
RV
, “suffer hardship”; so in 4:5,
KJV
, “endure
afflictions”; elsewhere in Jas. 5:13.¶ In 2 Tim. 2:3 the most authentic mss. have
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, “to suffer hardship with,” as in 1:8.¶ See
HARDSHIP
,
SUFFER
.
B. Noun.
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(
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)
, 5281), “patience,” lit., “a remaining under” (akin to A, No. 2),
is translated “patient enduring” in 2 Cor. 1:6,
RV
, for
KJV
, “enduring.” Cf.
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,
“longsuffering” (akin to A, No. 7). See
PATIENCE
.
ENEMY
(
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, 2190), an adjective, primarily denoting “hated” or “hateful” (akin
to
, “hate”; perhaps associated with
, “outside”), hence, in the active sense,
denotes “hating, hostile”; it is used as a noun signifying an “enemy,” adversary, and is
said (a) of the Devil, Matt. 13:39; Luke 10:19; (b) of death, 1 Cor. 15:26; (c) of the
professing believer who would be a friend of the world, thus making himself an enemy of
God, Jas. 4:4; (d) of men who are opposed to Christ, Matt. 13:25, 28; 22:44; Mark 12:36;
Luke 19:27; 20:43; Acts 2:35; Rom. 11:28; Phil. 3:18; Heb. 1:13; 10:13; or to His