ἀνοχή
anochē · forbearance
Greek word · Strong’s number G463 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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anochē (ἀνοχή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “forbearance”.
Holding back, waiting without punishing yet.
How to say it
a·no·chē
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
- God's patience, waiting and not yet punishing.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Romans 2:4
Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to a change of mind?
- Romans 3:26
in the forbearance of God; for the demonstration of his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be righteous and the one who declares righteous the one who is of faith in Jesus.