Lexicon anoché: a delaying, forbearance Original Word: ἀνοχή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: anoché Phonetic Spelling: (an-okh-ay') Short Definition: forbearance Definition: forbearance, suspense or delay (of punishment), patience. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 463 anoxḗ (from 430 /anéxomai, "bear up") – properly, divine forbearance (patient endurance). 463 /anoxḗ ("divine forbearance") occurs twice in the NT, both times of God (Ro 2:4, 3:25) whose mercy holds up (holding unnecessary judgment back. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom anechóDefinitiona delaying, forbearance NASB Translationforbearance (1), tolerance (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 463: ἀνοχήἀνοχή, ἀνοχῆς, ἡ (compare ἀνέχομαι τίνος, under the word ἀνέχω, p. 45), toleration, forbearance; in this sense only in Romans 2:4; Romans 3:26 (25). (In Greek writings a holding back, delaying, from ἀνέχω to hold back, hinder.) (Cf. Trench, § liii.)
Strong's forbearance. From anechomai; self-restraint, i.e. Tolerance -- forbearance. see GREEK anechomai |
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