verb
metriopathamō
Strong’sG3356
I bear gently with, have compassion
stem metriopath-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.
*† μετριοπαθέω, -ῶ
(< μετριοπαθής, moderating one's passions),
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
feel moderately, bear reasonably with, τοῖς ἀγνοοῦσι καὶ πλανωμένοις NT+1st c.AD+
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | metriopatharōntos | metriopatharintos | metriopatharantos | metriopatharēntos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
metriopatharō“deal gently”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Hebrews 5:2metriopatharō dunorōntos toi agnoarōntoi kai planorōntoi epei …He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and …