Makrothymía — G3115

G3115 · Greek — μακροθυμία

Pronunciation: mak-roth-oo-mee'-ah

Definition

feminine noun

longanimity, i.e. (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude

  1. patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance
  2. patience, forbearance, long-suffering, slowness in avenging wrongs

Usually translated as

longsuffering, patience

Origin

from the same as G3116

Occurrences

Makrothymía occurs 14 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Romans (2), 2 Corinthians (1), Galatians (1), Ephesians (1), Colossians (2), 1 Timothy (1), 2 Timothy (2), Hebrews (1), James (1), 1 Peter (1), 2 Peter (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M