πάσχοιτε
páschō
you should suffer
To undergo an experience, especially to be subject to something (typically suffering or enduring something unpleasant). In context, often means to suffer, to experience hardship, pain, or misfortune, but can also refer more broadly to experiencing any kind of event or happening, including positive ones, though negative sense is dominant in Koine Greek. The word does not specify emotional responses, but focuses on the fact of enduring or being affected by circumstances.
1 Peter 3:14 · Word #4
Lexicon G3958
| Lemma | πάσχω |
| Transliteration | páschō |
| Strong's | G3958 |
| Definition | To undergo an experience, especially to be subject to something (typically suffering or enduring something unpleasant). In context, often means to suffer, to experience hardship, pain, or misfortune, but can also refer more broadly to experiencing any kind of event or happening, including positive ones, though negative sense is dominant in Koine Greek. The word does not specify emotional responses, but focuses on the fact of enduring or being affected by circumstances. |
Morphology V PRS ACT OPT 2P PL
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state of being |
| Tense | PRS — Present — Ongoing or repeated action |
| Voice | ACT — Active — The subject performs the action |
| Mood | OPT — Optative — Expresses a wish |
| Person | 2P — 2nd person — The one spoken to ("you") |
| Number | PL — Plural — More than one |
Common Translation
| Phrase | you should suffer |
| Literal | you-might-suffer |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | πάσχω |
| Strong's | G3958 |
SIBI-P1 Translation G3958-09
you might be undergoing
| Morphological Notes | Verb; present tense (ongoing action), active voice, optative mood, 2nd person plural — "you (plural) might be experiencing/undergoing." |
| Rendering Rationale | The present tense conveys ongoing experience, and the optative mood expresses potential or wishful possibility. "Be undergoing" preserves the root sense of experiencing or enduring something, without restricting it strictly to suffering. |
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