Endure
King James Dictionary [1]
Endu'Re, L durus, duro.
1. To last to continue in the same state without perishing to remain to abide.
The Lord shall endure forever. Psalms 9
He shall hold it his house fast, but it shall not endure. Job 8
2. To bear to brook to suffer without resistance, or without yielding.
How can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? Esther 8 .
Can thy heart endure, or thy hands be strong? Ezekiel 22 .
ENDU'RE, To bear to sustain to support without breaking or yielding to force or pressure. Metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting.
Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure.
As might the strokes of two such arms endure.
1. To bear with patience to bear without opposition or sinking under the pressure.
Therefore, I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Timothy 2 .
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons. Hebrews 12
2. To undergo to sustain.
I wish to die, yet dare not death endure.
3. To continue in. Not used.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.
(2): ( v. t.) To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
(3): ( v. t.) To harden; to toughen; to make hardy.
(4): ( v. i.) To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
(5): ( v. i.) To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
en - dūr ´: Used in the Bible (1) in the sense of "continue," "last," as in Psalm 9:7 , "The Lord shall endure for ever" (the American Standard Revised Version "Yahweh sitteth as king forever"); Psalm 30:5 , "Weeping may endure for a night" (the Revised Version (British and American) "tarry" margin "may come in to lodge at even"); John 6:27 , "the meat which endureth," the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "the food which abideth"; (2) in the sense of "bear" ( Hebrews 12:20 ): "bear up under," hardship, persecution, etc. ( 2 Timothy 3:11; 1 Peter 2:19 ); "to remain under" ( Hebrews 10:32; Hebrews 12:2; James 1:12; James 5:11 ); "to be strong, firm" ( Hebrews 11:27 ); "to persevere" beneath a heavy burden ( Matthew 10:22 ).
