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Upu o le Aso

Onosa'i — Samoan Bible word study

Patience, long-suffering endurance. This word appears in the devotional on 1 Korinito 13:4.

Upu o le Aso

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Onosa'i

[oh-noh-sah-ee] · o-no-sa-'i

Faauigaga
O le tali ma le lemū i faigatā ma le lē fa'avavau o le ita.
English
Patience, long-suffering endurance.

Mai le 'ono' (tali, onosa'i) ma le 'sa'i' (u'u mau).

From 'ono' (to bear) and 'sa'i' (to hold firm) — to bear up and hold steady.

Bible cross-references

Kalatia 5:22 · Iakopo 1:4 · Roma 12:12

Full word study: Onosa'i

Fuaiupu / Verse in context

O le alofa e onosa'i, e agalelei; e lē fua'i, e lē fa'amaualuga, e lē fa'atagā lelei.

1 Korinito 13:4

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4

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