- ἀνοχή
- ἀνοχή, ῆς, ἡ (s. ἀνέχω; X. et al.) lit. ‘a holding back’.① a state of respite from someth. onerous or disagreeable, relief (1 Macc. 12:25; Jos., Bell. 1, 173, Ant. 6, 72; w. ἔχειν Diod S 11, 36, 4 ἀνοχὴν ἔχειν; POxy 1068, 15 ἡμερῶν ἀνοχὴν ἔχω) ἀνοχὴν οὐκ ἔχειν have no relief Hs 6, 3, 1.② a temporary cessation, pause (Jos., Ant. 6, 72) ἀ. τῆς οἰκοδομῆς a pause in the building Hs 9, 5, 1; 9, 14, 2.③ the act of being forbearing, forbearance, clemency, tolerance (Epict. 1, 29, 62 ἀ. ἔχω I enjoy clemency; En 13:2; PSI 632, 13 [III B.C.]; cp. Nägeli 45) ἐν τῇ ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ in God’s forbearance Ro 3:26 (for a neg. expression of this idea s. SIG 985, 34f [I A.D.]: καὶ τοὺς παραβαίνοντας τὰ παραγ[γέλματα οὐκ ἀνέ]ξονται said of the great gods, FDanker in Gingrich Festschr., ’72, 102f). W. μακροθυμία 2:4.—DELG s.v. 1. ἔχω. M-M. TW.
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