Words the Bible translates as endure
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- amadעָמַדto stand: to be on one's feet and in place, and so to take up a position, come to a halt, or wait there on someone
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- to remain: to keep standing over time, and so to last, to hold one's ground, or to be valid rather than fall
- to arise: to come onto the scene and take one's place, as a king coming to power
- to set up: to make something or someone stand, and so to erect, station, appoint, present, or confirm
- pherōφέρωto bear: to carry someone or something to where it is going, in any sense from lifting a load to producing fruit to enduring a burden
- menōμένωto remain: to keep on being where, what, or as one is, rather than leaving, ending, or changing
- yakholיָכֹלto endure: to be able to bear or put up with something
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- to be able: to have the power, capacity, or permission to do something
- to prevail: to overpower an opponent or win out in a struggle
- hupomenōὑπομένωto endure: to stand firm and hold out under hardship, persecution, or testing without giving up
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- to stay behind: to remain in a place after others have gone on
- kulכּוּלto bear up under something overwhelming: to be able to endure or withstand it.
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- to provide for and keep someone alive: to supply food and support so a person or people can survive.
- to contain or hold a quantity: to have room enough to keep something inside.
- to measure out a quantity: to gauge how much something amounts to.
- bastazōβαστάζωto bear the weight of something: to carry, lift, or hold it up
- anechōἀνέχωto bear with someone or something: to put up with, tolerate, or endure patiently instead of reacting against it
- hupopherōὑποφέρωto endurenot studied yet
- kartereōκαρτερέωto endurenot studied yet
- stegōστέγωto endurenot studied yet
- kakopatheōκακοπαθέωto endure hardship: to bear up actively under suffering and hard toil, rather than merely being a victim of it
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