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BETA: Bible Word Study

hypomone

cheerful

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The word

G5281

Where it stands

hypomone is tagged 32 times, across 13 books: revelation 7 · romans 6 · 2corinthians 3 · james 3 · 2peter 2 · 2thessalonians 2 · hebrews 2 · luke 2 · 1thessalonians 1 · 1timothy 1 · 2timothy 1 · colossians 1 and 1 more.

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  • {"n":"hupomone","s":"Endurance. The word is built on staying under a weight, not on waiting quietly.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=hupomone","r":"Romans 5:3","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"The King James reads patience. Modern versions mostly read endurance or perseverance."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**He stood up under it.** That is a posture, not a mood. English has the idea and uses a phrase rather than a noun."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Hupomone is hupo, under, plus meno, to remain. It is active, not passive, and is usually paired with suffering or pressure rather than with delay."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English patience drifted toward temperament. Endurance is closer and sounds athletic rather than moral."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"Compound words tell you their own meaning if you take them apart, as long as you check the result against how the word is actually used."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Endurance and perseverance are the majority renderings in modern versions; patience is the King James rendering."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03ae hupomone \u00b7 G5281"}],"src":["hupomone with suffering: Romans 5:3-4; James 1:3-4; Revelation 13:10","Distinguish makrothumia, slowness to anger","meno, to remain, at John 15:4"]}
Where it appears
  • 1thessalonians 1:3
  • 1timothy 6:11
  • 2corinthians 1:6
  • 2corinthians 6:4
  • 2corinthians 12:12
  • 2peter 1:6
  • 2thessalonians 1:4
  • 2thessalonians 3:5
  • 2timothy 3:10
  • colossians 1:11
  • hebrews 10:36
  • hebrews 12:1
  • james 1:3
  • james 1:4
  • james 5:11
  • luke 8:15
  • luke 21:19
  • revelation 1:9
  • revelation 2:2
  • revelation 2:3
  • revelation 2:19
  • revelation 3:10
  • revelation 13:10
  • revelation 14:12
  • romans 2:7
  • romans 5:3
  • romans 5:4
  • romans 8:25
  • romans 15:4
  • romans 15:5
  • titus 2:2

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