anechomai · bear with

What it means

anechomai (ἀνέχομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “bear with”.

Put up with patiently.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To bear patiently with someone or something hard, without casting it off.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• bear with ×5
• put up with ×5
• bearing with ×2
• we endure ×1
• you are enduring ×1
• you bear it ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Acts×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×5
• Ephesians×1
• Colossians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 17:17

  And Jesus answered and said, “O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”

• Mark 9:19

  And he answered them and says, “O unbelieving generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Bring him to me.”

• Luke 9:41

  And Jesus answered and said, “O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

• Acts 18:14

  But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were some wrongdoing or wicked crime, O Jews, I would with reason have put up with you;

• 1 Corinthians 4:12

  and we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

• 2 Corinthians 11:1

  I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but indeed, bear with me.

• 2 Corinthians 11:4

  For if the one who comes proclaims another Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or you receive a different spirit that you did not receive, or a different good news that you did not accept, you bear with it well enough!

• 2 Corinthians 11:19

  For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves!

• 2 Corinthians 11:20

  For you bear it if someone enslaves you, if someone devours you, if someone takes from you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you in the face.

• Ephesians 4:2

  with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

• Colossians 3:13

  bearing with one another and forgiving each other if anyone has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord also forgave you, so also you must forgive.

• 2 Thessalonians 1:4

  so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring.

• 2 Timothy 4:3

  For there will be a time when they will not put up with sound teaching, but with itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers according to their own desires,

• Hebrews 13:22

  And I urge you, brothers, bear with the word of encouragement, for indeed I have written to you briefly.

And 1 more times.