πάσχω

πάσχω — páschō

πάσχω; 2 aorist ἔπαθον; perfect πέπονθα (Luk 13:2; Heb 2:18); from Homer down; to be affected or have been affected, to feel, have a sensible experience, to undergo; it is a vox media — used in either a good or a bad sense; as, ὅσα πεπονθασι καί ὅσα αὐτοῖς ἐγένετο, of perils and deliverance from them, Est 9:26 (for רָאָה); hence, κακῶς πάσχειν, to stiffer sadly, be in bad plight, of a sick person, Mat 17:15 where L Tr text WH text κακῶς ἔχειν (on the other hand, εὖ πάσχειν, to be well off, in good case, often in Greek writings from Pindar down).

1. in a bad sense, of misfortunes, to suffer, to undergo evils, to be afflicted (so everywhere in Homer and Hesiod; also in the other Greek writings where it is used absolutely): absolutely, Luk 22:15; Luk 24:46; Act 1:3; Act 3:18; Act 17:3; 1Co 12:26; Heb 2:18; Heb 9:26; 1 Peter 2:19f, 23; 1Pe 3:17; 1Pe 4:15; 1Pe 4:19; Heb 13:12; ὀλίγον, a little while, 1Pe 5:10; πάσχειν τί, Mat 27:19; Mar 9:12; Luk 13:2;; Act 28:5; 2Ti 1:12; (Heb 5:8 cf. Winers Grammar, 166 (158)

a.; Buttmann, § 143, 10); Rev 2:10; παθήματα πάσχειν, 2Co 1:6; τί ἀπό with the genitive of person, Mat 16:21; Luk 9:22; Luk 17:25; πάσχειν ὑπό with the genitive of person, Mat 17:12; ὑπό τίνος, Mar 5:28; 1Th 2:14; πάσχειν ὑπέρ τίνος, in behalf of a person or thing, Act 9:16; Php 1:29; 2Th 1:5; with the addition of a dative of reference or respect (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 6), σαρκί, 1Pe 4:1 a; ἐν σαρκί, ibid. b (yet G L T Tr WH omit ἐν; cf. Winer's Grammar, 412 (384)); πάσχειν περί with the genitive of the thing and ὑπέρ with the genitive of person 1Pe 3:18 (R G WH marginal reading; cf. Winer's Grammar, 373 (349); 383 (358) note); πάσχειν διά δικαιοσύνην, 1Pe 3:14.

2. in a good sense, of pleasant experiences; but nowhere so unless either the adverb εὖ or an accusative of the thing be added (Ὑπομνῆσαι, ὅσα παθοντες ἐξ αὐτοῦ (i. e. Θεοῦ) καί πηλικων εὐεργεσιῶν μεταλαβόντες ἀχάριστοι πρός αὐτόν γένοιντο, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 15, 1; examples from Greek authors are given in Passow, under the word, II. 5; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2)): Gal 3:4, on which see γέ, 3 c. (Compare: προπάσχω, συμπάσχω.)