ὑπομονή
hupomonē
“perseverance”
Definition
cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy
from G5278 (ὑπομένω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
ὑπομονή appears 31 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
“If anyone is destined for captivity,into captivity he will go;if anyone is to die by the sword,by the sword he must be killed.”Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
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