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1. (
+
, 2089), “yet, as yet, still,” is translated “longer” in Luke 16:2 (with separate
negative); “any longer” in Rom. 6:2. See
ALSO
,
EVEN
,
FURTHER
,
MORE
,
MOREOVER
,
STILL
,
THENCEFORTH
,
YET
.
2.
$
(
'
!
, 3765), “no more, no longer” (
$
, “not,” , euphonic, and No. 1), is
rendered “no longer” in the
RV
of Mark 7:12 (
KJV
, “no more”); John 15:15,
RV
(
KJV
,
“henceforth not”), Rom. 14:15,
RV
(
KJV
, “now … not”); Gal. 2:20,
RV
(
KJV
, “yet not”),
Gal. 3:25; 4:7 (
KJV
, “no more”); Philem. 16 (
KJV
, “not now”). See
HENCEFORTH
,
MORE
,
NOW
,
YET
.
3.
(
!
, 3371) also means “no more, no longer,” but generally suggests
what is a matter of thought or supposition, whereas No. 1 refers to what is a matter of
fact. It is rendered “any longer” in Acts 25:24; “no longer,” in Mark 2:2,
RV
, “no longer
(room),”
KJV
, “no (room);” 2 Cor. 5:15,
RV
(
KJV
, “not henceforth”); Eph. 4:14,
RV
(
KJV
,
“no more”); 4:17,
RV
(
KJV
, “henceforth … not”); 1 Thess. 3:1, 5; 1 Tim. 5:23; 1 Pet. 4:2.
See (negatively)
HENCEFORTH
,
HENCEFORWARD
,
HEREAFTER
,
NO MORE
.
4.
(
&
, 4119), the neuter of
, “more,” the comparative degree of
$
, “much,” is rendered “longer” in Acts 20:9,
RV
(
KJV
“long”).
B. Adjective.
(
&
, 4119), “more,” (cf. A, No. 4), is used with
, “time,” in Acts
18:20, “a longer time,”
RV
(
KJV
, “longer”).
LONGSUFFERING (Noun and Verb)
A. Noun.
$
(
$ &
, 3115), “forbearance, patience, longsuffering” (
,
“long,”
$
, “temper”), is usually rendered “longsuffering,” Rom. 2:4; 9:22; 2 Cor.
6:6; Gal. 5:22; Eph. 4:2; Col. 1:11; 3:12; 1 Tim. 1:16; 2 Tim. 3:10; 4:2; 1 Pet. 3:20; 2 Pet.
3:15; “patience” in Heb. 6:12 and Jas. 5:10. See
PATIENCE
, and
Note
under
FORBEAR
.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
$ !
, 3114), akin to A, “to be patient, longsuffering, to bear
with,” lit., “to be long-tempered,” is rendered by the verb “to be longsuffering” in Luke
18:7,
RV
(
KJV
, “bear long”); in 1 Thess. 5:14,
RV
(
KJV
, “be patient”); so in Jas. 5:7, 8; in 2
Pet. 3:9,
KJV
and
RV
, “is longsuffering.” See
BEAR
, No. 14,
ENDURE
,
PATIENT
,
SUFFER
.
Note:
“Longsuffering is that quality of selfrestraint in the face of provocation which
does not hastily retaliate or promptly punish; it is the opposite of anger, and is associated
with mercy, and is used of God, Ex. 34:6 (Sept.); Rom. 2:4; 1 Pet. 3:20. Patience is the
quality that does not surrender to circumstances or succumb under trial; it is the opposite
of despondency and is associated with hope, 1 Thess. 1:3; it is not used of God.”*
LOOK
A. Verbs.
¶ Indicates that all the NT occurrences of the Greek word under consideration are
mentioned under the heading or sub-heading.
* From
Notes on Thessalonians,
by Hogg and Vine, pp. 183, 184.