makrothumeo describes patient endurance toward people or while awaiting an expected outcome.

The occurrences show patient endurance directed toward people, including appeals for time and exhortations toward others; they also show enduring while awaiting a promise, fruit, justice, or the Lord's coming.

1. Patient forbearance toward people · dominant

   In Matthew 18:26 and Matthew 18:29, the aorist imperative occurs in a debtor's plea for time to repay. In 1 Thessalonians 5:14, the present plural form stands with care for disorderly, fainthearted, and weak people, while 1 Corinthians 13:4 presents the present singular form as an attribute of love; in 2 Peter 3:9, the APB renders the clause as patience directed "toward you."

   Matthew 18:26Matthew 18:291 Thessalonians 5:141 Corinthians 13:42 Peter 3:9
2. Endurance while awaiting an outcome · common

   In Hebrews 6:15, the aorist participle precedes obtaining the promise. James 5:7 and James 5:8 join the imperative with waiting for fruit and with the coming of the Lord, and Luke 18:7 places the present form in a question about delay over those crying out for justice.

   Hebrews 6:15James 5:7James 5:8Luke 18:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses "patience" or "be patient," including the requests in Matthew 18:26 and Matthew 18:29 and the exhortations in James 5:7 and James 5:8. In Luke 18:7 it instead renders the clause with "delay long"; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.