ὑπομονή, 
ὑπομονῆς, 
ἡ (
ὑπομένω); 
1. steadfastness, constancy, endurance (
Vulg. in 
1 Thessalonians 1:3 sustinentia, in 
James 5:11 sufferentia); in the N. T. the characteristic of a man who is unswerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings: 
Luke 8:15; 
Luke 21:19; 
Romans 5:3; 
Romans 15:4; 
2 Corinthians 6:4; 
2 Corinthians 12:12; 
Colossians 1:11; 
2 Thessalonians 1:4; 
1 Timothy 6:11; 
2 Timothy 3:10; 
Titus 2:2; 
Hebrews 10:36; 
James 1:3; 
James 5:11; 
2 Peter 1:6; 
Revelation 2:2f, 
19; 
Revelation 13:10; 
Revelation 14:12 (cf. 4 Macc. 1:11; 9:8, 30; 15:30(27); 4 Macc. 17:4,12,23); with a genitive of the thing persevered in (
Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 at the end): 
τοῦ ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ, 
Romans 2:7; 
τῆς ἐλπίδος, 
1 Thessalonians 1:3 (cf. 
Buttmann, 155 (136)); 
δἰ ὑπομονῆς (with patience (cf. 
Winer's Grammar, § 51, 1 b.) i. e.) patiently and steadfastly, 
Romans 8:25; 
Hebrews 12:1. 
2. a patient, steadfast waiting for; (others question this sense in the New Testament, and render the genitive by 'characterizing', 'in respect to', etc.): 
Χριστοῦ (genitive of the object), the return of Christ from heaven, 
2 Thessalonians 3:5; 
Revelation 1:9 (where 
L T Tr WH ἐν Ἰησοῦ (which is 
in Jesus)); 
Rev. 3:10 (cf. 
Psalm 38:8 (
Ps. 39:8); for 
מִקְוֶה, expectation, hope, 2 Esdr. 10:2; 
Jeremiah 14:8; 
Jeremiah 17:13; for 
תִּקְוָה, hope, Ps. (
Psalms 9:19); 
Ps 61:6 (
Psalms 62:6); 
Ps 70:5 (
Psalms 71:5); (
Job 14:19); for 
תּוחֶלֶת, 
Proverbs 10:28 Symm.; 
ὑπομένειν τινα, 
Xenophon, an. 4, 1, 21; Appendix, b. 104:5, 81). 
3. a patient enduring, sustaining: 
τῶν παθημάτων, 
2 Corinthians 1:6 (
λύπης, 
Plato, definition, p. 412 c.; 
θανάτου, 
Plutarch, Pelop. 1). (Synonym: see 
μακροθυμία, at the end.) 
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