ὑπομένω; imperfect 
ὑπέμενον; future 2 person plural 
ὑπομενεῖτε; 1 aorist 
ὑπέμεινα; perfect participle 
ὑπομεμενηκως; from 
Homer down; the 
Sept. for 
קִוָּה, 
חִכָּה, 
יִחֵל; 
1. to remain i. e. tarry behind: followed by 
ἐν with a dative of the place, 
Luke 2:43, 
ἐκεῖ, 
Acts 17:14. 
2. to remain i. e. abide, not recede or flee; tropically, 
a. to persevere: absolutely and emphatically, under misfortunes and trials to hold fast to one's faith in Christ (
R. V. commonly 
endure), 
Matthew 10:22; 
Matthew 24:13; 
Mark 13:13; 
2 Timothy 2:12 (cf. 
2 Timothy 2:10 in b.); 
James 5:11; with 
τῇ θλίψει added, when trial assails (
A. V. in tribulation (i. e. the dative of circumstances or condition)) (cf. Kühner, § 426, 3 (
Jelf, § 603, 1)), 
Romans 12:12 (quite different is 
ὑπομένειν τῷ κυρίῳ, 
לַיְהוָה הוחִיל, 
Lamentations 3:21, 
24; 
Micah 7:7; 
2 Kings 6:33; 
לַי הִכָּה, Psalm 32:20 (
Ps. 33:20), to cleave faithfully to (
A. V. wait for) the Lord, where the dative depends on the verb contrary to Greek usage (cf. 
Winers Grammar, § 52, 16)). 
b. to endure, bear bravely and calmly: absolutely, ill-treatment, 
1 Peter 2:20; 
εἰς παιδείαν, i. e. 
εἰς τό παιδεύεσθαι (
for or unto chastening), 
Hebrews 12:7 according to the reading of 
L T Tr WH which is defended at length by Delitzsch at the passage (and adopted by 
Riehm (Lehrbegriff as above with, p. 758 note), Alford, Maulton, others), but successfully overthrown (?) by Fritzsche (De conformatione N. Ti. critica quam Lachmann edidit, pp. 21ff) (and rejected by the majority of commentators (Bleek, Lünemann, Kurtz, others)). with an accusative of the thing, 
1 Corinthians 13:7; 
2 Timothy 2:10; 
Hebrews 10:32; 
Hebrews 12:2f 7 R G; 
James 1:12. 
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