ὑπομονή

ὑπομονή — hypomonḗ

ὑπομονή, ὑπομονῆς, ἡ (ὑπομένω);

1. steadfastness, constancy, endurance (Vulg. in 1Th 1:3 sustinentia, in Jas 5:11 sufferentia); in the N. T. the characteristic of a man who is unswerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings: Luk 8:15; Luk 21:19; Rom 5:3; Rom 15:4; 2Co 6:4; 2Co 12:12; Col 1:11; 2Th 1:4; 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 3:10; Tit 2:2; Heb 10:36; Jas 1:3; Jas 5:11; 2Pe 1:6; Revelation 2:2f, 19; Rev 13:10; Rev 14:12 (cf. 4Ma 1:11; 4Ma 9:8; 4Ma 9:30; 4Ma 15:30(27); ); with a genitive of the thing persevered in (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 at the end): τοῦ ἔργου ἀγαθοῦ, Rom 2:7; τῆς ἐλπίδος, 1Th 1:3 (cf. Buttmann, 155 (136)); δἰ ὑπομονῆς (with patience (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 51, 1 b.) i. e.) patiently and steadfastly, Rom 8:25; Heb 12:1.

2. a patient, steadfast waiting for; (others question this sense in the New Testament, and render the genitive by 'characterizing', 'in respect to', etc.): Χριστοῦ (genitive of the object), the return of Christ from heaven, 2Th 3:5; Rev 1:9 (where L T Tr WH ἐν Ἰησοῦ (which is in Jesus)); (cf. Psa 38:8; for מִקְוֶה, expectation, hope, 2Es 10:2; Jer 14:8; Jer 17:13; for תִּקְוָה, hope, Ps.;;; (Job 14:19); for תּוחֶלֶת, Pro 10:28 Symm.; ὑπομένειν τινα, Xenophon, an. 4, 1, 21; Appendix,

b. 104:5, 81).

3. a patient enduring, sustaining: τῶν παθημάτων, 2Co 1:6 (λύπης, Plato, definition, p. 412 c.; θανάτου, Plutarch, Pelop. 1). (Synonym: see μακροθυμία, at the end.)