στέγω stégō
Meaning
to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)
In the King James Version: (for-)bear, suffer
Derivation: from G4721 (στέγη);
Where it is used
- 1 Corinthians 9:12 If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 13:7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:1 So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain.