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Strong's G3306 · Greek

μένω

meno · men'-o

a primary verb; to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

μένω (G3306)

118 μένω , [in LXX for עמד , קוּם etc.;] to stay , abide , remain . Intrans.; of place: seq. ἐν , Lk 8:27 , al.; παρά , c. dat. pers., Jo 1:40 , al; σύν , Lk 1:56 ; καθ’ ἑαυτόν , Ac 28:16 ; c. adv., ἐκεῖ , Mt 10:11 ; ὧδε , Mt 26:38 ; metaph., I Jo 2:18 ; of the Holy Spirit, Jo 1:32 , 33 14:17 ; of Christ, Jo 6:56 15:4 , al.; ὁ θεός , I Jo 4:15 , conversely, of Christians, Jo 6:56 15:4 , I Jo 4:15 , al.; ὁ λόγος τ. θεοῦ , I Jo 2:14 ; ἡ ἀλήθεια , II Jo 2 , al. Of time; of persons: Phl 1:25 ; seq. εἰς τ. αἰῶνα , Jo 12:34 , He 7:24 , I Jo 2:17 ; ὀλίγον , Re 17:10 ; ἕως ἔρχομαι , Jo 21:22 , 23 ; of things, lasting or enduring: cities, Mt 11:23 , He 13:14 ; λόγος θεοῦ , I Pe 1:23 ; ἁμαρτία , Jo 9:41 . Of condition: c. pred., μόνος , Jo 12:24 ; ἄγαμος , I Co 7:11 ; πιστός , II Ti 2:13 ; ἱερεύς , He 7:3 ; c. adv., οὕτως , I Co 7:40 ; ὡς κἀγώ , I Co 7:8 ; seq. ἐν , 1 Co 7:20 , 24 . Trans. (Bl., §34, 1; Field, Notes , 132): c. acc. pers., Ac 20:5 , 23 (cf. ἀνα- , δια- , ἐν- , ἐπι- , κατα- , παρα- , συν-παρα- , περι- , προσ- , ὑπο-μένω ).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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