Suffer - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Suffer

* to permit [ A-1,Verb,G1439, eao ]
to let, permit," is translated "to suffer" in Matthew 24:43; Luke 4:41; Luke 22:51; Acts 14:16; Acts 16:7; Acts 19:30; Acts 28:4; 1 Corinthians 10:13. See LEAVE
(a) No. 9, LET, No. 4.

[ A-2,Verb,G4330, proseao ]
"to permit further" (pros, and No. 1), occurs in Acts 27:7.

[ A-3,Verb,G2010, epitrepo ]
for which See LEAVE,
(b), is rendered "to suffer" in AV and RV in Matthew 8:21; Mark 10:4; Luke 9:59; Acts 28:16; RV only, Luke 9:61 (AV, "let"); AV only, Acts 21:39; in some texts, Matthew 8:31, AV only. See LIBERTY, C, Note, PERMIT.

[ A-4,Verb,G863, aphiemi ]
"to send away," signifies "to permit, suffer," in Matthew 3:15 (twice); Matthew 19:14; Matthew 23:13; Mark 1:34; Mark 5:19, Mark 5:37; Mark 10:14; Mark 11:16; Luke 8:51; Luke 12:39, AV (RV, "left"); Luke 18:16; John 12:7, RV, AV and RV marg., "let (her) alone;" Revelation 11:9. See FORGIVE.

Notes:

(1) In Acts 2:27; Acts 13:35, AV, didomi, "to give" (RV), is rendered "to suffer."

(2) In 1 Corinthians 6:7, AV, apostereo, in the Passive Voice, is rendered "suffer yourselves to be defrauded" (RV, "be defrauded").

(3) For koluo in Hebrews 7:23, AV, "were not suffered," See HINDER.

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(b) to endure suffering

[ A-5,Verb,G430, anecho ]
in the Middle Voice, "to bear with," is rendered "to suffer" in Matthew 17:17 and parallel passages; AV only, 1 Corinthians 4:12 (RV, "endure"); 2 Corinthians 11:19-20 and Hebrews 13:22 (RV, "bear with"). See BEAR, ENDURE.

[ A-6,Verb,G3958, pascho ]
"to suffer," is used
(I) of the "sufferings" of Christ
(a) at the hands of men, e.g., Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:12; 1 Peter 2:23;
(b) in His expiatory and vicarious sacrifice for sin, Hebrews 9:26; Hebrews 13:12; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 4:1;
(c) including both
(a) and
(b), Luke 22:15; Luke 24:26, Luke 24:46; Acts 1:3, "passion;" Acts 3:18; Acts 17:3; Hebrews 5:8;
(d) by the antagonism of the evil one, Hebrews 2:18; (II) of human "suffering "
(a) of followers of Christ, Acts 9:16; 2 Corinthians 1:6; Galatians 3:4; Philippians 1:29; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; 2 Thessalonians 1:5; 2 Timothy 1:12; 1 Peter 3:14, 1 Peter 3:17; 1 Peter 5:10; Revelation 2:10; in identification with Christ in His crucifixion, as the spiritual ideal to be realized, 1 Peter 4:1; in a wrong way, 1 Peter 4:15;
(b) of others, physically, as the result of demoniacal power, Matthew 17:15, RV, "suffereth (grievously)," AV, "is (sore) vexed;" cp. Mark 5:26; in a dream, Matthew 27:19; through maltreatment, Luke 13:2; 1 Peter 2:19-20; by a serpent (negatively), Acts 28:5, RV, "took" (AV, "felt:" See FEEL, Note);
(c) of the effect upon the whole body through the "suffering" of one member, 1 Corinthians 12:26, with application to a church.

[ A-7,Verb,G4310, propascho ]
"to suffer before" (pro, and No. 2), occurs in 1 Thessalonians 2:2.

[ A-8,Verb,G4841, sumpascho ]
"to suffer with" (sun, and No. 2), is used in Romans 8:17 of "suffering" with Christ; in 1 Corinthians 12:26 of joint "suffering" in the members of the body.

[ A-9,Verb,G5254, hupecho ]
"to hold under" (hupo, "under," echo, "to have or hold"), is used metaphorically in Jude 1:7 of "suffering" punishment. In the Sept., Psalms 89:50; Lamentations 5:7.

[ A-10,Verb,G2558, kakoucheo ]
"to ill-treat" (kakos, "evil," and echo, "to have"), is used in the Passive Voice in Hebrews 11:37, RV, "evil entreated" (AV, "tormented"); in Hebrews 13:3, RV, "are evil entreated" (AV, "suffer adversity").

[ A-11,Verb,G4778, sunkakoucheomai ]
"to endure adversity with," is used in Hebrews 11:25 (sun, "with," and No. 6), RV, "to be evil entreated with," AV, "to suffer affliction with."

[ A-12,Verb,G3114, makrothumeo ]
is rendered "suffereth long" in 1 Corinthians 13:4. See PATIENCE.

[ A-13,Verb,G91, adikeo ]
"to do wrong, injustice" (a, negative, dike, "right"), is used in the Passive Voice in 2 Peter 2:13, RV, "suffering wrong" (some texts have komizo, "to receive," AV); there is a play upon words here which may be brought out thus, "being defrauded (of the wages of fraud)," a use of the verb illustrated in the papyri. See HURT.

Notes:

(1) In 1 Corinthians 9:12, AV, stego, "to bear up under," is translated "suffer" (RV, "bear"); See BEAR, No. 11.

(2) For hupomeno, rendered "to suffer" in 2 Timothy 2:12, See ENDURE, No. 2.

(3) For "suffer hardship, suffer trouble," See HARDSHIP, Nos. 1 and 2.

(4) For "suffer need," Philippians 4:12, See WANT.

(5) For "suffer loss," 2 Corinthians 7:9, RV, See LOSE, No. 2.

(6) For "suffer persecution," See PRESECUTION.

(7) For "suffer shipwreck," See SHIPWRECK.

(8) For tropophoreo in Acts 13:18, "suffered ... manners," See MANNER, E.

(9) For "sufferth voilence," biazo, See FORCE, B, No. 1, VOILENCE, B, No. 2.
(10) In 2 Thessalonians 1:9, RV, tino, "to pay a penalty," is rendered "shall suffer (punishment)."

[ B-1,Adjective,G3805, pathetos ]
akin to pascho, denotes "one who has suffered," or "subject to suffering," or "destined to suffer;" it is used in the last sense of the "suffering" of Christ, Acts 26:23.

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