ὑπομένω

ὑπομένω — hypoménō

ὑπομένω; imperfect ὑπέμενον; future 2 person plural ὑπομενεῖτε; 1 aorist ὑπέμεινα; perfect participle ὑπομεμενηκως; from Homer down; the Sept. for קִוָּה, חִכָּה, יִחֵל;

1. to remain i. e. tarry behind: followed by ἐν with a dative of the place, Luk 2:43, ἐκεῖ, Act 17:14.

2. to remain i. e. abide, not recede or flee; tropically,

a. to persevere: absolutely and emphatically, under misfortunes and trials to hold fast to one's faith in Christ (R. V. commonly endure), Mat 10:22; Mat 24:13; Mar 13:13; 2Ti 2:12 (cf. 2Ti 2:10 in b.); Jas 5:11; with τῇ θλίψει added, when trial assails (A. V. in tribulation (i. e. the dative of circumstances or condition)) (cf. Kühner, § 426, 3 (Jelf, § 603, 1)), Rom 12:12 (quite different is ὑπομένειν τῷ κυρίῳ, לַיְהוָה הוחִיל, Lam 3:21; Lam 3:24; Mic 7:7; 2Ki 6:33; לַי הִכָּה, Psalm 32:20, to cleave faithfully to (A. V. wait for) the Lord, where the dative depends on the verb contrary to Greek usage (cf. Winers Grammar, § 52, 16)).

b. to endure, bear bravely and calmly: absolutely, ill-treatment, 1Pe 2:20; εἰς παιδείαν, i. e. εἰς τό παιδεύεσθαι (for or unto chastening), Heb 12:7 according to the reading of L T Tr WH which is defended at length by Delitzsch at the passage (and adopted by Riehm (Lehrbegriff as above with, p. 758 note), Alford, Maulton, others), but successfully overthrown (?) by Fritzsche (De conformatione N. Ti. critica quam Lachmann edidit, pp. 21ff) (and rejected by the majority of commentators (Bleek, Lünemann, Kurtz, others)). with an accusative of the thing, 1Co 13:7; 2Ti 2:10; Heb 10:32; Hebrews 12:2f 7 R G; Jas 1:12.