King James Bible Dictionary

General references
Psalms 37:7-9; Proverbs 15:18; Ecclesiastes 7:8-9; Lamentations 3:26-27; Luke 8:15; Luke 21:19; Romans 2:7; Romans 5:3-4; Romans 8:25; Romans 12:12; Romans 15:4-5; 1 Corinthians 13:4-5; 2 Corinthians 6:4-6; 2 Corinthians 12:12; Galatians 6:9; Ephesians 4:1-2; Colossians 1:10-11; Colossians 3:12-13; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:5; 1 Timothy 3:2-3; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:24-25; Titus 2:1-2; Titus 2:9; Hebrews 6:12; Hebrews 6:15; Hebrews 10:36; Hebrews 12:1; James 1:3-4; James 1:19; James 5:7-8; 1 Peter 2:19-23; 2 Peter 1:5-6; Revelation 1:9; Revelation 13:10; Revelation 14:12
Longsuffering; Meekness

Instances of:

Isaac toward the people of Gerar
Genesis 26:15-22

Moses
Exodus 16:7-8

Job
Job 1:21; James 5:11

David
Psalms 40:1

Simeon
Luke 2:25

Paul
2 Timothy 3:10

Prophets
James 5:10

The Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 1:4

The church at Ephesus
Revelation 2:2-3

The church at Thyatira
Revelation 2:19

John
Revelation 1:9

PATIENCE, noun pa'shens. [Latin patientia, from patior, to suffer.]

1. The suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without murmuring or fretfulness. patience may spring from constitutional fortitude, from a kind of heroic pride, or from christian submission to the divine will.

2. A calm temper which bears evils without murmuring or discontent.

3. The act or quality of waiting long for justice or expected good without discontent.

Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Matthew 18:26.

4. Perseverance; constancy in labor or exertion.

He learnt with patience and with meekness taught.

5. The quality of bearing offenses and injuries without anger or revenge.

His rage was kindled and his patience gone.

6. Sufferance; permission. [Not used.]

7. A plant, a species of rumex of dock.