μακροθυμέω, 
μακροθύμω; 1 aorist, imperative 
μακροθύμησον, participle 
μακροθυμήσας; (from 
μακρόθυμος, and this from 
μακρός and 
θυμός); 
to be of a long spirit, not to lose heart; hence, 
1. to persevere patiently and bravely (equivalent to 
καρτέρω, so 
Plutarch, de gen. 
Socrates c. 21, p. 593 f.; 
Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 4, 11) 
in enduring misfortunes and troubles: absolutely, 
Hebrews 6:15; 
James 5:8; with the addition of 
ἕως and a genitive of the desired event, 
James 5:7; with 
ἐπί and a dative of the thing hoped for, ibid.; add, Sir. 2:4. 
2. "to be patient in bearing the offences and injuries of others; to be mild and slow in avenging; to be long-suffering, slow to anger, slow to punish" (for 
אַף הֶאֱרִיך, to defer anger, 
Proverbs 19:11): absolutely, 
1 Corinthians 13:4; 
πρός τινα, 
1 Thessalonians 5:14; 
ἐπί with the dative of person (see 
ἐπί, B. 2 a. 
δ.), 
Matthew 18:26, 
29 (here 
L Tr with the accusative, so 
Tr in 26; see 
ἐπί, C. I. 2 g. 
β'.); Sir. 18:11 Sir. 29:8; hence, spoken of God deferring the punishment of sin: 
εἰς τινα, toward one, 
2 Peter 3:9 (here 
L T Tr marginal reading 
διά (which see B. II. 2 b. under the end)); 
ἐπί with the dative of person, 
Luke 18:7; in this difficult passage we shall neither preserve the constant usage of 
μακροθύμειν (see just before) nor get a reasonable sense, unless we regard the words 
ἐπ' αὐτοῖς as negligently (see 
αὐτός, II. 6) referring to the enemies of the 
ἐκλεκτῶν, and translate 
καί μακροθυμῶν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς even though he is long-suffering, indulgent, to them; — this negligence being occasioned by the circumstance that Luke seems to represent Jesus as speaking with Sir. 32:22 (Sir. 35:18) in mind, where 
ἐπ' αὐτοῖς must be referred to 
ἀνελεημόνων. The reading (of 
L T Tr WH) 
καί μακροθυμεῖ ἐπ' αὐτοῖς; by which 
τό μακροθύμειν is denied to God (cf. 
Winer's Grammar, § 55, 7) cannot be accepted, because the preceding parable certainly demands the notion of slowness on God's part in avenging the right; cf. DeWette at the passage; (but to this it is replied, that the denial of actual delay is not inconsistent with the assumption of apparent delay; cf. Meyer (edited by Weiss) at the passage). 
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