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longsuffering

Meaning of “longsuffering”

Patient endurance, restraint, or forbearance; slowness to anger.

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17 occurrences17 verses13 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 34:6

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1 Peter 3:20
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
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Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the dayes of Noah, while the Arke was a preparing: wherein few, that is, eight soules were saued by water.

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Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.

volume 2, leaf 76, column 1 (main_dictionary)