στέγωstégō
GreekG47226 occurrences (KJV)
to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)
KJV renders it: (for-)bear, suffer
Where it appears(showing the first 4 of 6)
- 1 Cor 9:12If others partake of this right over you, don’t we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.
- 1 Cor 13:7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- 1 Th 3:1Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,
- 1 Th 3:5For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.