Analogizomai is used of directing thought to one who endured hostility, so as not to grow weary.

The attested use calls hearers to direct their thought to one who endured hostility, with the stated aim that they not grow weary and become faint.

1. Directing thought to an enduring example · dominant

   In Hebrews 12:3, the second-person aorist middle form addresses hearers in an exhortation concerning one who endured hostility from sinners; the APB renders the clause, “For consider him,” and gives the purpose as avoiding weariness and faintness in their souls.

   Hebrews 12:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Hebrews 12:3, the APB presents the exhortation with “consider him.” This rendering is treated as confirmation of the clause rather than a precise lexical equation.