1 Corinthians 9:12

Power [ε ξ ο υ σ ι α ς]. Rev., correctly, right. The right to claim maintenance.

Suffer [σ τ ε γ ο μ ε ν]. Rev., bear. The primary meaning is to cover. So some render ch. 13 7, covereth for beareth. Hence to protect by covering, as with a tight ship or roof. So Aesehylus, of a ship : "The wooden house with sails that keeps out [σ τ ε γ ω ν] the sea" (" Suppliants, "126)." The tower keeps off [α π ο σ τ ε γ ε ι] the multitude of the enemy "(" Seven against Thebes," 220). And so, to bear up against, endure. Compare 1 Thessalonians 3:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 3:103 Hinder [ε γ κ ο π η ν δ ω μ ε ν]. Lit., give hindrance. Rev., cause hindrance. Egkoph hindrance, only here in the New Testament. Primarily, an incision, and so used by the physician Galen. Compare the kindred verb ejgkoptw to cut into, also occurring in Hippocrates in the surgical sense. In the sense of cutting into one's way, it gets the meaning of hindrance. See Acts 24:4; Romans 14:22; Galatians 5:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; 1 Peter 3:7. Compare the Latin intercidere to divide, inter - rupt.