tropophoreo describes enduring a people over an extended period, as God did in the deserted place.

The attested use describes enduring or bearing with a group through a prolonged period: in Acts 13:18, the aorist active indicative form refers to what he did for about forty years in the deserted place.

1. Enduring a people over a long period · dominant

   In Acts 13:18, ἐτροποφόρησεν is the action attributed to him toward “them” during about forty years in the deserted place. The APB renders the clause, “he put up with them in the deserted place.”

   Acts 13:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 13:18 the APB presents the action as “he put up with them,”.