G5281 – hupomone – ὑπομονή – a steadfastness, perseverance, endurance
- Strong’s ID:
- G5281
- Greek Word:
- ὑπομονή
- Transliteration:
- hupomone
- Pronunciation:
- hoop-om-on-ay’
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Etymology:
- from G5278
- Usage Count:
- 32
- Search:
- Find “hupomone” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
a steadfastness, perseverance, endurance
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G5278; cheerful (or hopeful) endurance, constancy:—enduring, patience, patient continuance (waiting).
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) steadfastness, constancy, endurance
1a) in the NT the characteristic of a man who is not swerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings
1b) patiently, and steadfastly
2) a patient, steadfast waiting for
3) a patient enduring, sustaining, perseverance
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.