listen patiently to the word of exhortation

ἀνέχω in our lit. only mid.: impf. ἀνειχόμην (ἠνειχόμην) 3 Macc 1:22, Just.; fut. ἀνέξομαι; 2 aor. ἀνεσχόμην Ac 18:14; v.l. ἠνεσχόμην on the augm. s. W-S. §12, 7; B-D-F §69, 2; Rob. 368 (s. ἀνοχή, ἔχω; Hom.+).

① to regard w. tolerance, endure, bear with, put up with; on its constr. s. B-D-F §176, 1; Rob. 508.

ⓐ τινός someone (Pla., Polit. 8, 564e; Teles p. 18, 6 H.; Gen 45:1; Is 63:15; 3 Macc 1:22; Just., D. 2, 3; 68, 1 μου; 109, 1 λέγοντός μου al.) Hm 4, 4, 1. ὑμῶν Mt 17:17; Mk 9:19; Lk 9:41. μου 2 Cor 11:1b (Appian, Samn. 4 §10 τίς ἀνέξεταί μου). πάντων IPol 1:2. ἀλλήλων ἐν ἀγάπῃ bear w. one another in love Eph 4:2; cp. Col 3:13. τῶν ἀφρόνων foolish people 2 Cor 11:19.

ⓑ something

α. w. gen. (Synes., Prov. 2, 6 p. 226c ἀνέχεσθαι φαύλων εἰκόνων=put up with second-rate pictures; Philo, Omn. Prob. Lib. 36; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 126) τ. λόγου τ. παρακλήσεως listen patiently to the word of exhortation Hb 13:22. τῆς ὑγιαινούσης διδασκαλίας 2 Ti 4:3.

β. w. acc. (Procop. Soph., Ep. 161 p. 597 κακά; Is 1:13; Job 6:26) or w. gen. (Od. 22, 423; Polyaenus 8, 10, 1; Job 6:26 v.l.; 2 Macc 9:12) of thing πάντα 1 Cl 49:5. τὰ σάββατα Sabbath-observances B 2:5; 15:8 (Is 1:13). ταῦτα ἀ. (w. ὑπομένειν) Dg 2:9. ἀ. μου μικρόν τι ἀφροσύνης put up w. a little foolishness from me 2 Cor 11:1a (Ltzm. ad loc.; the rhetorical topos as Demosth. 18, 160.—Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 103 §480 ἀνέχεσθαι=be pleased with something, consent). ὀλίγα μου ῥήματα ἔτι ἀνάσχου put up w. a few more words from me Hm 4, 2, 1. Cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 63 §264 Καῖσαρ οὐδὲ τοῦτʼ ἀνασχόμενος; Job 6:26; Jos., Ant. 19:12.

γ. w. adv. καλῶς ἀνέχεσθε you put up with it quite easily 2 Cor 11:4 (cp. εὖ ἀ. PAmh. 3a II, 14 and s. καλῶς 6 [lit.]).

δ. w. εἰ foll. 2 Cor 11:20

ⓒ abs.; but the obj. is easily supplied fr. the context (Vi. Aesopi G 3 [I 36 P.]; Is 42:14; Job 6:11; Just., D. 2, 5 οὐκ ἠνειχόμην εἰς μακρὰν ἀποτιθέμενος ‘I could no longer endure the prospect of spending so much time [on many branches of learning]’: forbear, put up with Dg 9:1f.

② to undergo someth. onerous or troublesome without giving in, endure, ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσιν αἷς ἀνέχεσθε in the trials that you endure (αἷς can be attraction for ἅς as well as for ὧν, s. W-S §24, 4e; Rob. 716) 2 Th 1:4. διωκόμενοι ἀνεχόμεθα when we are persecuted we endure it 1 Cor 4:12 (use w. ptc. is quite common Thu. et al.; s. e.g. Epict. index Schenkl).

③ accept a complaint legal t.t. κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἀνεσχόμην ὑμῶν I would have been justified in accepting your complaint Ac 18:14.—DELG s.v. 1 ἔχω 392. M-M. TW.