Word study
Endure
10 Hebrew and 4 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: endures, endure, endured, enduring. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “endure” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- עוֹלָם ôlâmlong duration, antiquity, futuritytranslated this way 45 times of its 341 uses · Strong’s H5769Noun · Translated: forever 114, everlasting 60, endures forever 43, permanent 38Full study and all 324 verses →
1 Chronicles 16:34 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
2 Chronicles 7:3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
- עָמַד âmadtake one's stand, standtranslated this way 12 times of its 508 uses · Strong’s H5975Verb · Translated: stood 99, stand 95, standing 50, stands 12Full study and all 485 verses →
Exodus 18:23 If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”
- נָשָׂא nâsâlift, take, carrytranslated this way 9 times of its 642 uses · Strong’s H5375Verb · Translated: bear 49, lift 45, lifted 41, carried 38Full study and all 601 verses →
- הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 4 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb · Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
- קוּם qûmarise, stand up, standtranslated this way 4 times of its 594 uses · Strong’s H6965Verb · Translated: rise 68, got 61, set 44, Get 42Full study and all 570 verses →
1 Samuel 13:14 But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
- כּוּל kûlcomprehend, containtranslated this way 4 times of its 38 uses · Strong’s H3557Verb · Translated: provide 4, provided 4, hold 4, contain 4Full study and all 37 verses →
Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- חֶסֶד chesedgoodness, kindnesstranslated this way 2 times of its 247 uses · Strong’s H2617Noun · Translated: loving devotion 175, kindness 31, according to your loving devotion 6, favor 4Full study and all 241 verses →
2 Chronicles 5:13 The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
Psalm 106:1 Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- אָמַן âmanconfirm, supporttranslated this way 2 times of its 104 uses · Strong’s H539Verb · Translated: believe 24, faithful 14, trust 8, believed 7Full study and all 98 verses →
1 Samuel 2:35 Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
2 Samuel 7:16 Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- יָכֹל yâkôlbe able, have power, prevail, enduretranslated this way 2 times of its 116 uses · Strong’s H3201Verb · Translated: able 17, could 11, prevail 10, can 9Full study and all 113 verses →
Psalm 101:5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Isaiah 1:13 Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
- שָׂבַע sâbabe sated, satisfied, surfeitedtranslated this way 2 times of its 97 uses · Strong’s H7646Verb · Translated: satisfied 39, filled 11, satisfy 10, fill 7Full study and all 93 verses →
Psalm 123:3 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
Psalm 123:4 We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
Greek words (New Testament)
- ὑπομένω hypoménōI remain behind, enduretranslated this way 9 times of its 17 uses · Strong’s G5278Verb · Translated: perseveres 4, endure 4, endured 3Full study and all 16 verses →
1 Corinthians 13:7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
2 Timothy 2:10 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
- μένω ménōI remain, abidetranslated this way 4 times of its 115 uses · Strong’s G3306Verb · Translated: remain 29, remains 20, stay 13, stayed 10Full study and all 101 verses →
John 6:27 Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
2 Corinthians 3:11 For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
- ὑποφέρω hypophérōI endure, suffertranslated this way 2 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G5297Verb · Translated: stand 1, endured 1, endures 1Full study and all 3 verses →
2 Timothy 3:11 my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
1 Peter 2:19 For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
- ἀνέχομαι anéchomaiI endure, bear withtranslated this way 2 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s G430Verb · Translated: put 5, Bear 2Full study and all 14 verses →
1 Corinthians 4:12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
2 Thessalonians 1:4 That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.