Quick Definition
ὑποφέρω v. I endure, suffer
Strong's Definition
from 5259 and 5342; to bear from underneath, i.e. (figuratively) to undergo hardship
KJV Usage: bear, endure
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑποφέρω; 1 aor. ὑπήνεγκα; 2 aor. inf. ὑπενεγκεῖν ; fr. Hom. down; to bear by being under, bear up (a thing placed on one’s shoulders) ; trop. to bear patienily, to ene dure, (often so fr. Xen. and Plat. down): ri, 1 Co. x. 13; 2 Tim. 111. 11; 1 Pet.ii.19. (Prov. νἱ. 88; Ps. xviii. (Ixix.) 8; Mie. vii. 9; Job ii. 10.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑποφέρω hypopherō 3x
to bear under; to bear up under, support, sustain, 1 Cor. 10:13; to endure patiently, 1 Pet. 2:19; to undergo, 2 Tim. 3:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὑπο-φέρω
[in LXX for נָשָׂא, etc. ;]
to bear by being under. Metaph., to endure: c. acc rei, I Co 10:13, II Ti 3:11, I Pe 2:19.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑποφέρω (hupopherō) — to endure. ὑποφέρω, future ὑποίσω [Refs 5th c.BC+] O.: aorist ὑπήνεγκον [Refs 4th c.BC+], Epic dialect ὑπήνεικα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—carry away under, especially bear out of danger, ἀλλά μ᾽ ὑπήνεικαν ταχέες πόδες [Refs 8th c.BC+] [same place]:—passive, to be taken from under, ἐὰν [τὸ ὑποκείμενον] ὑποφέρηται [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. bring close together, τὰ ὀπίσθια σκέλη (i.e. ἐπὶ τὰ ἔμπροσθεν) [Refs]
II. bear or carry by being under, bear a burden, τὰ ὅπλα, of an armour-bearer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be supported, τοῖς σκέλεσι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. metaphorically, endure, submit to, πόνους καὶ κινδύνους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ φυτὰ.. ἀνέμων ἐμβολὰς ὑ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οὐ γὰρ αὐτὸς ὑποφέρω κίνησιν I do not trouble to move, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. bear or carry behind, δίφρους τινί [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III.2. subjoin, add in speaking, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV. hold out, present, δᾷδα [Refs 1st c.AD+]; πληγὰς ὑ. inflict them, [Refs]; οὐκ ὀλίγην βλάβην ὑποφέρει με (={μοι}) inflicts, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV.2. metaphorically, hold out, suggest, proffer, εἰ τῶν.. οἰχομένων.. ἐλπίδ᾽ ὑποίσεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπέφερον τοὺς μῆνας proposed the (holy) months, i.e. a truce, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.2. b ὑποφέρονται γραμμαί τινες αἱματώδεις there are suggestions of lines (in the foetus), [Refs 1st c.AD+]
V. carry down, of a river, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; cause to slip or fall, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be borne down, τοῖς ποταμοῖς [Refs 1st c.AD+]; slip down, κατὰ κρημνῶν [Refs]; of the legs, give way under a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.2. metaphorically, bring down in numbers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in passive, decline gradually, of consumptive people, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στάσιν ὑποφερομένην ἀνακαλεῖσθαι to revive an expiring faction, [Refs]; of festivals, fall after their due time, [Refs]
VI. bring to a certain point, ὑ. τινὰ εἰς διόρθωσιν [Refs]:—passive, to be carried away, ὑ. εἰς ὕβριν [Refs]