Strong's Lexicon

G414

G414 — ἀνεκτότερος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekanektoterosadjectiveOccurrences: 5

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G414
Word:ἀνεκτότερος
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:comparative of a derivative of G430
Language:Greek
Occurrences:5
Transliteration:anektoteros
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:an-ek-tot'-er-os
Meaning:1. more endurable
KJV Renderings:more tolerable

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀνεκτός, ἀνεκτον, and in later Greek also ἀνεκτός, ἀνεκτη, ἀνεκτον (cf. Winers Grammar, 68 (67); Buttmann, 25 (22)) (ἀνέχομαι to bear, endure); from Homer down; bearable, tolerable: ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται the lot will be more tolerable, Mat 10:15; Mat 11:22; Mat 11:24; Mar 6:11 R L brackets; Luk 10:12; Luk 10:14. (In Greek writings from Homer down.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἀνεκτός (more tolerable)

Matthew 10:15

KJV: Verily I say unto you It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment than for that city
GK: αμήν λέγω υμίν ανεκτότερον έσται γη Σοδόμων και Γομόρρων εν ημέρα κρίσεως η τη πόλει εκείνη

Matthew 11:22

KJV: But I say unto you It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you
GK: πλήν λέγω υμίν Τύρω και Σιδώνι ανεκτότερον έσται εν ημέρα κρίσεως η υμίν

Matthew 11:24

KJV: But I say unto you That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee
GK: πλήν λέγω υμίν ότι γη Σοδόμων ανεκτότερον έσται εν ημέρα κρίσεως η σοι

Mark 6:11

KJV: And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear you when ye depart thence shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them Verily I say unto you It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment than for that city
GK: και όσοι αν μη δέξωνται υμάς μηδέ ακούσωσιν υμών εκπορευόμενοι εκείθεν εκτινάξατε τον χούν τον υποκάτω των ποδών υμών εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς αμήν λέγω υμίν ανεκτότερον έσται Σοδόμοις η Γομόρροις εν ημέρα κρίσεως η τη πόλει εκείνη

Luke 10:12

KJV: But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city
GK: λέγω δε υμίν ότι Σοδόμοις εν τη ημέρα εκείνη ανεκτότερον έσται η τη πόλει εκείνη

Luke 10:14

KJV: But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you
GK: πλην Τύρω και Σιδώνι ανεκτότερον έσται εν τη κρίσει η υμίν
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