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GreekG4722Verb

στέγω

stegō

4Occurrences
G4722Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)

from G4721 (στέγη);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.prop., to cover closely, to protect by covering, esp. to keep water in or out (Soph., Plat.).
2.to cover, keep secret, conceal (Sir, l.with, Polyb.)
3.By covering to ward of, bear up under, endure (for exx., see, Lft., Notes, 40; M, Th., 36)
LXX: *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

στέγω appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
2
1 Thessalonians
2

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 13:7BSB

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Corinthians 9:12BSB

If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 3:1BSB

So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.

1 Thessalonians 3:5BSB

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.