Bible Lexicons

μετριο-πᾰθέω,

feel moderately, bear reasonably with, τοῖς ἀγνοοῦσι καὶ πλανωμένοις Hebrews 5:2 : abs., Ph. 1.113, 2.37, 45, J. AJ 12.3.2, S.E. P. 3.235.

μετριοπαθέω, μετριοπάθω; ((cf. Winer's Grammar, 101 (95)); from μετριοπαθής, adhering to the true measure in one's passions or emotions; ἔφη (viz., Aristotle) τόν σοφόν μή εἶναι μέν ἀπαθη, μετριοπαθη δέ, (Diogenes Laërtius 5, 31; μετριοπαθεια, moderation in passions or emotions, especially anger and grief, is opposed to the ἀπάθεια of the Stoics; from μέτριος and πάθος); equivalent to μετρίως or κατά τό μέτρον πάσχω, to be affected moderately or in due measure; to preserve moderation in the passions, especially in anger or grief (Philo de Abrah. § 44; de Josepho § 5; (Josephus, Antiquities 12, 3, 2; others)); hence, of one who is not unduly disturbed by the errors, faults, sins, of others, but bears with them gently; like other verbs of emotion (cf. Krüger, § 48, 8), with a dative of the person toward whom the feeling is exercised: Hebrews 5:2; cf. the full discussion by Bleek at the passage.

*† μετριοπαθέω , -ῶ

(<μετριοπαθής , moderating one's passions),

to hold one's passions or emotions in restraint; hence, to bear gently with, feel gently towards: Hebrews 5:2.†