Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under. 2. (a.) Not to be borne; unendurable. 3. (a.) Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience; as, impatient speeches or replies. 4. (n.) One who is impatient.

Multi-Version Concordance Impatient (7 Occurrences) Numbers 21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to go round the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became impatient on the way; (DBY JPS NAS RSV NIV) Job 4:2 "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking? (See NAS NIV) Job 4:5 But now it is come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled. (See NAS RSV) Job 21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient? (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV) Micah 2:7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, Is Jehovah impatient? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? (DBY NAS RSV) Zechariah 6:7 The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth: and he said, "Go around and through the earth!" So they walked back and forth through the earth. (See RSV) Zechariah 11:8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me. (See JPS NAS RSV)