Strong's Number G4722

στέγω

stego · steg'-o

Transliteration:

stego{steg'-o}

Word Origin:

from 4721

TDNT:

7:585,1073

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)

Usage in the KJV:

can forbear 2, bear 1, suffer 1

Total: 4
Occurs 4 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

deck, thatch, to cover
1. to protect or keep by covering, to preserve
to cover over with silence
1. to keep secret
2. to hide, conceal
  1. of the errors and faults of others
by covering to keep off something which threatens, to bear up against, hold out against, and so endure, bear, forbear