- Original: στέγω - Transliteration: Stego - Phonetic: steg'-o - Definition: 1. deck, thatch, to cover a. to protect or keep by covering, to preserve 2. to cover over with silence a. to keep secret b. to hide, conceal 1. of the errors and faults of others 3. by covering to keep off something which threatens, to bear up against, hold out against, and so endure, bear, forbear - Origin: from G4721 - TDNT entry: 16:45,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4721 ; to roof over that is (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently): - (for-) bear suffer. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • Beareth, 1 1 Corinthians 13:7 • forbear, 2 1 Thessalonians 3:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:5 • suffer, 1 1 Corinthians 9:12