Word study · Greek
makrothymía
patience, long-suffering
Say it: mak-roth-oo-MEE-ah (approximate)
μακροθυμία
What it means
Patience with people, a long fuse (the noun form of makrothymeō). In 5:22 it is part of the fruit of the Spirit, and Paul says that God shows it toward sinners (Romans 2:4).
Range of meaning
- PatienceSlowness to anger.
- Long-sufferingEnduring wrong.
In Galatians
- Chapter 5
"Patience" (5:22).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G3115 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources