verb

Greekκαρτερέω (kartereō)

Biblang

karteramō

Strong’sG2594

I persevere, endure

stem karter-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

καρτερέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX: Jb 2:9 (חזק hi.), Is 42:14 (פּעה), Si 2:2 12:15, II, IV Mac7*;]

to be steadfast, patient: He 11:27 (cf. προσ-καρτερέω).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2594 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkar-ter-eh'-o

to be strong, i.e. (figuratively) steadfast (patient)

Fromfrom a derivative of G2904 (transposed);

King Jamesendure.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

καρτερ-έω,
to be steadfast, patient, Refs 5th c.BC+ to hold up against a thing, e.g. πρὸς ἡδονάς τε καὶ λύπας Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς to be patient or temperate in.., Refs; κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου refrain therefrom, Refs 2nd c.AD+: with participle, persevere in doing, οἱ δ᾽ ἐκαρτέρουν πρὸς κῦμα λακτίζοντες Refs 5th c.BC+; also τὰ δείν᾽ ἐκαρτέρουν was strangely obdurate or obstinate, Refs 5th c.BC+: in later Prose meaning little more than wait, καρτέρει καὶ θεώρει wait and see, LXX+2nd c.AD+
II with accusative of things, bear patiently, endure, τὰ δ᾽ ἀδύναθ᾽ ἡμῖν καρτερεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, κεκαρτέρηται τἀμά my time for patience is over, Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

persevered1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
karterataἐκαρτέρησεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	persevered	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	karteramō	karterame	karterami	karterama	karteramē	karteramelē
you 2nd person singular	karterasō	karterase	karterasi	karterasa	karterasē	karteraselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	karteratō	karterate	karterati	karterata1×ἐκαρτέρησεν	karteratē	karteratelē
we 1st person plural	karteranō	karterane	karterani	karterana	karteranē	karteranelē
ye 2nd person plural	karteravō	karterave	karteravi	karterava	karteravē	karteravelē
they 3rd person plural	karteralō	karterale	karterali	karterala	karteralē	karteralelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	karterameiō	karterameia	karterameiē
you 2nd person singular	karteraseiō	karteraseia	karteraseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	karterateiō	karterateia	karterateiē
we 1st person plural	karteraneiō	karteraneia	karteraneiē
ye 2nd person plural	karteraveiō	karteraveia	karteraveiē
they 3rd person plural	karteraleiō	karteraleia	karteraleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	karterasōr	karterasar	karterasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	karteratōr	karteratar	karteratēr
ye 2nd person plural	karteravōr	karteravar	karteravēr
they 3rd person plural	karteralōr	karteralar	karteralēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	karteramoiō	karteramoia
you 2nd person singular	karterasoiō	karterasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	karteratoiō	karteratoia
we 1st person plural	karteranoiō	karteranoia
ye 2nd person plural	karteravoiō	karteravoia
they 3rd person plural	karteraloiō	karteraloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	karterarō	karterari	karterara	karterarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	karterarōntos	karterarintos	karterarantos	karterarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

karterstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

karter is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

karterata“persevered”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Hebrews 11:27… basilevou, ton gar aoraton hōs horarōntos karterata.… not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is …