verb

metriopathamō

Greekμετριοπαθέω (metriopatheō)

Strong’sG3356

I bear gently with, have compassion

stem metriopath-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

deal gently1×

What it means

*† μετριοπαθέω, -ῶ

(< μετριοπαθής, moderating one's passions),

to hold one's passions or emotions in restraint; hence, to bear gently with, feel gently towards: He 5:2.†

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

Strong’s G3356 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmet-ree-op-ath-eh'-o

to be moderate in passion, i.e. gentle (to treat indulgently)

Fromfrom a compound of the base of G3357 and G3806;

King Jameshave compassion.

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

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
metriopatharōμετριοπαθεῖν	happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive	deal gently	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, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	metriopathamō	metriopathame	metriopathami	metriopathama	metriopathamē	metriopathamelē
you 2nd person singular	metriopathasō	metriopathase	metriopathasi	metriopathasa	metriopathasē	metriopathaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metriopathatō	metriopathate	metriopathati	metriopathata	metriopathatē	metriopathatelē
we 1st person plural	metriopathanō	metriopathane	metriopathani	metriopathana	metriopathanē	metriopathanelē
ye 2nd person plural	metriopathavō	metriopathave	metriopathavi	metriopathava	metriopathavē	metriopathavelē
they 3rd person plural	metriopathalō	metriopathale	metriopathali	metriopathala	metriopathalē	metriopathalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	metriopathameiō	metriopathameia	metriopathameiē
you 2nd person singular	metriopathaseiō	metriopathaseia	metriopathaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metriopathateiō	metriopathateia	metriopathateiē
we 1st person plural	metriopathaneiō	metriopathaneia	metriopathaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	metriopathaveiō	metriopathaveia	metriopathaveiē
they 3rd person plural	metriopathaleiō	metriopathaleia	metriopathaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	metriopathasōr	metriopathasar	metriopathasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metriopathatōr	metriopathatar	metriopathatēr
ye 2nd person plural	metriopathavōr	metriopathavar	metriopathavēr
they 3rd person plural	metriopathalōr	metriopathalar	metriopathalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	metriopathamoiō	metriopathamoia
you 2nd person singular	metriopathasoiō	metriopathasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	metriopathatoiō	metriopathatoia
we 1st person plural	metriopathanoiō	metriopathanoia
ye 2nd person plural	metriopathavoiō	metriopathavoia
they 3rd person plural	metriopathaloiō	metriopathaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	metriopatharō1×μετριοπαθεῖν	metriopathari	metriopathara	metriopatharē

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	metriopatharōtos	metriopatharitos	metriopatharatos	metriopatharētos

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

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

metriopath 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

metriopatharō“deal gently”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×

Hebrews 5:2“deal gently”metriopatharō dunerōtos toi agnoarōtoi kai planirōtoi epei kai autos perikeiitō asthenian,He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is subject to weakness.