Endure

en-dur':

Used in the Bible

(1) in the sense of "continue," "last," as in Ps 9:7, "The Lord shall endure for ever" (the American Standard Revised Version "Yahweh sitteth as king forever"); Ps 30:5, "Weeping may endure for a night" (the Revised Version (British and American) "tarry" margin "may come in to lodge at even"); John 6:27, "the meat which endureth," the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "the food which abideth";

(2) in the sense of "bear" (Heb 12:20): "bear up under," hardship, persecution, etc. (2 Tim 3:11; 1 Pet 2:19); "to remain under" (Heb 10:32; Heb 12:2; Jas 1:12; Jas 5:11); "to be strong, firm" (Heb 11:27); "to persevere" beneath a heavy burden (Matt 10:22).