στέγω
stégō
“to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to cover; to hold off, to hold in; hence, to hold out against, to endure patiently, 1 Cor. 9:12; 13:7; absol. to contain one’s self, 1 Thess. 3:1, 5*
Translated in KJV as
(for-)bearsuffer
Etymology
from G4721 (στέγη);
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