Strong G3306μένω
to stay
- Transliteration
- menō
- Pronunciation
- men'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to stay (in a given place state relation or expectancy): - abide continue dwell endure be present remain stand tarry (for) X thine own.
Detailed definition
μένω,
[in LXX for קוּם,עמד, etc.;]
to stay, abide, remain.
1. Intrans.;
__(i) of place: before ἐν, Luk.8:27, al.; παρά, with dative of person(s), Jhn.1:40, al; σύν, Luk.1:56; καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν, Act.28:16; with adv., ἐκεῖ, Mat.10:11; ὧδε, Mat.26:38; metaphorically, 1Jn.2:18; of the Holy Spirit, Jhn.1:32, 33 14:17; of Christ, Jhn.6:56 15:4, al.; ὁ θεός, 1Jn.4:15, conversely, of Christians, Jhn.6:56 15:4, 1Jn.4:15, al.; ὁ λόγος τ. θεοῦ, 1Jn.2:14; ἡ ἀλήθεια, II Jo 2, al.
__(ii) Of time;
__(a) of persons: Php.1:25; before εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Jhn.12:34, Heb.7:24, 1Jn.2:17; ὀλίγον, Rev.17:10; ἕως ἔρχομαι, Jhn.21:22, 23;
__(b) of things, lasting or enduring: cities, Mat.11:23, Heb.13:14; λόγος θεοῦ, 1Pe.1:23; ἁμαρτία, Jhn.9:41.
__(iii) Of condition: with pred., μόνος, Jhn.12:24; ἄγαμος, 1Co.7:11; πιστός, 2Ti.2:13; ἱερεύς, Heb.7:3; with adv., οὕτως, 1Co.7:40; ὡς κἀγώ, ib. 8; before ἐν, ib. 20, 24.
2. Trans. (Bl., §34, 1; Field, Notes, 132): with accusative of person(s), Act.20:5, 23 (cf. ἀνα-, δια-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, περι-, προσ-, ὑπο-μένω).
(AS)
[in LXX for קוּם,עמד, etc.;]
to stay, abide, remain.
1. Intrans.;
__(i) of place: before ἐν, Luk.8:27, al.; παρά, with dative of person(s), Jhn.1:40, al; σύν, Luk.1:56; καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν, Act.28:16; with adv., ἐκεῖ, Mat.10:11; ὧδε, Mat.26:38; metaphorically, 1Jn.2:18; of the Holy Spirit, Jhn.1:32, 33 14:17; of Christ, Jhn.6:56 15:4, al.; ὁ θεός, 1Jn.4:15, conversely, of Christians, Jhn.6:56 15:4, 1Jn.4:15, al.; ὁ λόγος τ. θεοῦ, 1Jn.2:14; ἡ ἀλήθεια, II Jo 2, al.
__(ii) Of time;
__(a) of persons: Php.1:25; before εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Jhn.12:34, Heb.7:24, 1Jn.2:17; ὀλίγον, Rev.17:10; ἕως ἔρχομαι, Jhn.21:22, 23;
__(b) of things, lasting or enduring: cities, Mat.11:23, Heb.13:14; λόγος θεοῦ, 1Pe.1:23; ἁμαρτία, Jhn.9:41.
__(iii) Of condition: with pred., μόνος, Jhn.12:24; ἄγαμος, 1Co.7:11; πιστός, 2Ti.2:13; ἱερεύς, Heb.7:3; with adv., οὕτως, 1Co.7:40; ὡς κἀγώ, ib. 8; before ἐν, ib. 20, 24.
2. Trans. (Bl., §34, 1; Field, Notes, 132): with accusative of person(s), Act.20:5, 23 (cf. ἀνα-, δια-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, περι-, προσ-, ὑπο-μένω).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3306 appears in 105 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abide34
- abideth18
- remain12
- continue10
- tarry10
- dwelleth9
- abode6
- remaineth5
- dwell3
- endureth2
- should2
- be1
First verses
- Matthew 10:11And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
- Matthew 11:23And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
- Matthew 26:38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
- Mark 6:10And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
- Mark 14:34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
- Luke 1:56And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
- Luke 8:27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
- Luke 9:4And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
- Luke 10:7And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
- Luke 19:5And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
- Luke 24:29But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
- John 1:32And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
- John 1:33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
- John 1:38Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
- John 1:39He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
- John 2:12After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
- John 3:36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
- John 4:40So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
- John 5:38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
- John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μένω,
Epic dialect infinitive μενέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.486; 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)] present participle μίνονσαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 657.49 (Tegea, 4th c.BC))]; Epic dialect, Ionic dialect imperfect μένεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.42, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42)]: Epic dialect, Ionic dialect future μενέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.308, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.119)]; Attic dialect μενῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 564, etc.)]: aorist ἔμεινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.656, etc.)]: perfect μεμένηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.321)]; compare μίμνω:—stay, wait:
I stand fast, in battle, οὐδ᾽ ἴφθιμοι Λύκιοι μένον, ἀλλὰ φόβηθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.659; μενέω καὶ τλήσομαι 11.317)]; φεύγειν μηδὲ μένειν Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.55, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.45, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 295; ἐμπέδως μ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 854; ἀραρότως [prev. author] “Supp.” 945)]; μ. κατὰ χώραν, of soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26.)]
I.2 stay at home, stay where one is, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.838; ἔντοσθε μένοντες 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 598; μ. αὐτοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.62; οἴκοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 317; εἴσω δόμων [prev. author] “Th.” 232; κατ᾽ οἶκον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 656; ἐν δόμοις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.43, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 80; ἔνδον 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 1.3.)]
I.2.b lodge, stay, παρὰ ματρί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.186; πρὸς τοὺς γονέας 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 13; ἐκεῖ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.4.10 codices (perhaps οἴκοι),compare 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.5.)]
I.2.c μ. ἀπὸ ἧς ἀλόχοιο stay away, be absent from.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.292; ἀπὸ πτολέμοιο 18.64)]: and so absolutely, to be a shirker, ἴση μοῖρα μένοντι καὶ εἰ μάλα τις πολεμίζοι [Refs (9.318.)]
I.2.d οἱ μένοντες, opposed to οἱ φεύγοντες (exiles), [Refs (“IG” 12.10.27.)]
I.3 stay, tarry, ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.570; μενέουσι, εἰς ὅ κέ περ Τροίην διαπέρσομεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.45)]; loiter, be idle,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.666, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 796; οἱ μένοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.4.19, etc.)]
I.4 of things, to be lasting, remain, stand, στήλη μένει ἔμπεδον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.434; ἀσφαλὲς αἰὲν.. μένει οὐρανός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.4; τάδ᾽ αἰανῶς μένοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 672; αἰῶνα δ᾽ ἐς τρίτον μένει [prev. author] “Th.” 744 (Lyric poetry))]; opposed to φέρεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 261d)]; εἰ μηδὲν μένει if nothing is fixed, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cra.” 440a; τὴν μεμενηκυῖαν κρίσιν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ τῶν Στωικῶν” 339.15)]; οἱ μένοντες (i.e. ἀστέρες) having no proper motion, opposed to οἱ πλάνητες, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 290a21; μένων κύκλος 4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus 12, +others, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Hyp.” 1.3)]; μένουσιν ἀριστοκρατίαι are stable, permanent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1308a3.)]
I.4.b μ. παρά τινι remain in one's possession, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“CPR” 18.37 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
I.5 of condition, remain as one was, of a maiden, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.263)]; τῶν βεβαίως μοι φίλων μενόντων Ps.-Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.11; τὸ νόμισμα βούλεται μένειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1133b14)]: generally, stand, hold good, ἢν μείνωσιν ὅρκοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1000; μένειν τὸ ὅρκιον κατὰ χώρην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.201; εἰ τὰ πρότερον μένει ἡμῖν ὁμολογήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b)]; μ. τὰ βουλήματα καὶ οὐ μεταρρεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1167b7)]; of circumstances, οὐ μενεῖν κατὰ χώραν τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.76)]; οὐδαμὰ ἐν τὠυτῷ μ., of prosperity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5; μένειν ἐμπέδοις φρονήμασι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 169)]; μ. ἐπὶ τούτων [ἃ κατέστραπται] remain contented with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.9; μ. ἐπὶ τούτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.7)]; ἐπὶ τούτῳ τῷ βίῳ μ. be content with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 466c, compare 496b; μ. ἐλεύθερον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 145)]; of wine, keep good, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.2.8.)]
I.6 abide by an opinion, conviction, etc., ἐπὶ τῷ ἀληθεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356e)]; μενέτωσαν ἐν τοῖς διαγνωσθεῖσι Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.94)]; ὁ μένων the party which observes an engagement, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 391.24 (1st c.AD).)]
I.7 impersonal with infinitive, it remains for one to do, μένει.. ἐκτίνειν θέμιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 435 (Lyric poetry); τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισι κατθανεῖν μένει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 733.)]
II transitive, of persons, await, expect (compare μίμνω), ἡμέρας μεῖναι φάος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 66; τοὺς Ἰλλυριούς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.124, compare 8.78)]; especially await an attack without blenching, Δαναοὶ Τρῶας μένον ἔμπεδον, οὐδὲ φέβοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.527, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 436)]; of a rock, bide the storm, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.620; ἀπορίαν γὰρ οὐ μενῶ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 740: reversely of things, τὸ μόρσιμον γὰρ τόν τ᾽ ἐλεύθερον μένει)] awaits him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 103)]; ἐπίξηνον μένει (i.e. με) [NT ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1277; ἀγὼν γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μένει λελειμμένους [prev. author] “fragment” 37; δεσμά με καὶ θλίψεις μένουσιν NT.Act.20.23.)]
II.2 with accusative et infinitive, wait for, ἦ μένετε Τρῶας σχεδὸν ἐλθέμε; wait ye for the Trojans to come nigh? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.247; οὐ μενῶ πόσιν μολεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 255)]; μένον δ᾽ ἐπὶ ἕσπερον ἐλθεῖν they waited for evening's coming on, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.422, etc.; οὐκ ἔμειν᾽ ἐλθεῖν τράπεζαν νυμφίαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.16)]; τί μένεις.. ἰένα; why wait to go? [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 351)]; μένω δ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι I wait, i.e. long, to hear, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 677, compare “Ag.” 459 (Lyric poetry). (Cf. O 4th c.AD: Perses Epigrammaticus)] man- 'wait', Latin maneo.)
Epic dialect infinitive μενέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.486; 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)] present participle μίνονσαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 657.49 (Tegea, 4th c.BC))]; Epic dialect, Ionic dialect imperfect μένεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.42, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42)]: Epic dialect, Ionic dialect future μενέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.308, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.119)]; Attic dialect μενῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 564, etc.)]: aorist ἔμεινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.656, etc.)]: perfect μεμένηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.321)]; compare μίμνω:—stay, wait:
I stand fast, in battle, οὐδ᾽ ἴφθιμοι Λύκιοι μένον, ἀλλὰ φόβηθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.659; μενέω καὶ τλήσομαι 11.317)]; φεύγειν μηδὲ μένειν Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.55, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.45, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 295; ἐμπέδως μ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 854; ἀραρότως [prev. author] “Supp.” 945)]; μ. κατὰ χώραν, of soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26.)]
I.2 stay at home, stay where one is, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.838; ἔντοσθε μένοντες 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 598; μ. αὐτοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.62; οἴκοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 317; εἴσω δόμων [prev. author] “Th.” 232; κατ᾽ οἶκον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 656; ἐν δόμοις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.43, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 80; ἔνδον 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 1.3.)]
I.2.b lodge, stay, παρὰ ματρί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.186; πρὸς τοὺς γονέας 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 13; ἐκεῖ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.4.10 codices (perhaps οἴκοι),compare 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.5.)]
I.2.c μ. ἀπὸ ἧς ἀλόχοιο stay away, be absent from.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.292; ἀπὸ πτολέμοιο 18.64)]: and so absolutely, to be a shirker, ἴση μοῖρα μένοντι καὶ εἰ μάλα τις πολεμίζοι [Refs (9.318.)]
I.2.d οἱ μένοντες, opposed to οἱ φεύγοντες (exiles), [Refs (“IG” 12.10.27.)]
I.3 stay, tarry, ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.570; μενέουσι, εἰς ὅ κέ περ Τροίην διαπέρσομεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.45)]; loiter, be idle,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (11.666, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 796; οἱ μένοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.4.19, etc.)]
I.4 of things, to be lasting, remain, stand, στήλη μένει ἔμπεδον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.434; ἀσφαλὲς αἰὲν.. μένει οὐρανός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.4; τάδ᾽ αἰανῶς μένοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 672; αἰῶνα δ᾽ ἐς τρίτον μένει [prev. author] “Th.” 744 (Lyric poetry))]; opposed to φέρεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 261d)]; εἰ μηδὲν μένει if nothing is fixed, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cra.” 440a; τὴν μεμενηκυῖαν κρίσιν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ τῶν Στωικῶν” 339.15)]; οἱ μένοντες (i.e. ἀστέρες) having no proper motion, opposed to οἱ πλάνητες, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 290a21; μένων κύκλος 4th c.BC: Autolycus Astronomus 12, +others, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Hyp.” 1.3)]; μένουσιν ἀριστοκρατίαι are stable, permanent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1308a3.)]
I.4.b μ. παρά τινι remain in one's possession, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“CPR” 18.37 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
I.5 of condition, remain as one was, of a maiden, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.263)]; τῶν βεβαίως μοι φίλων μενόντων Ps.-Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.11; τὸ νόμισμα βούλεται μένειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1133b14)]: generally, stand, hold good, ἢν μείνωσιν ὅρκοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1000; μένειν τὸ ὅρκιον κατὰ χώρην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.201; εἰ τὰ πρότερον μένει ἡμῖν ὁμολογήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 480b)]; μ. τὰ βουλήματα καὶ οὐ μεταρρεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1167b7)]; of circumstances, οὐ μενεῖν κατὰ χώραν τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.76)]; οὐδαμὰ ἐν τὠυτῷ μ., of prosperity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5; μένειν ἐμπέδοις φρονήμασι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 169)]; μ. ἐπὶ τούτων [ἃ κατέστραπται] remain contented with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.9; μ. ἐπὶ τούτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.7)]; ἐπὶ τούτῳ τῷ βίῳ μ. be content with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 466c, compare 496b; μ. ἐλεύθερον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 145)]; of wine, keep good, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.2.8.)]
I.6 abide by an opinion, conviction, etc., ἐπὶ τῷ ἀληθεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356e)]; μενέτωσαν ἐν τοῖς διαγνωσθεῖσι Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.94)]; ὁ μένων the party which observes an engagement, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 391.24 (1st c.AD).)]
I.7 impersonal with infinitive, it remains for one to do, μένει.. ἐκτίνειν θέμιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 435 (Lyric poetry); τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισι κατθανεῖν μένει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 733.)]
II transitive, of persons, await, expect (compare μίμνω), ἡμέρας μεῖναι φάος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 66; τοὺς Ἰλλυριούς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.124, compare 8.78)]; especially await an attack without blenching, Δαναοὶ Τρῶας μένον ἔμπεδον, οὐδὲ φέβοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.527, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 436)]; of a rock, bide the storm, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.620; ἀπορίαν γὰρ οὐ μενῶ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 740: reversely of things, τὸ μόρσιμον γὰρ τόν τ᾽ ἐλεύθερον μένει)] awaits him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 103)]; ἐπίξηνον μένει (i.e. με) [NT ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1277; ἀγὼν γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μένει λελειμμένους [prev. author] “fragment” 37; δεσμά με καὶ θλίψεις μένουσιν NT.Act.20.23.)]
II.2 with accusative et infinitive, wait for, ἦ μένετε Τρῶας σχεδὸν ἐλθέμε; wait ye for the Trojans to come nigh? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.247; οὐ μενῶ πόσιν μολεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 255)]; μένον δ᾽ ἐπὶ ἕσπερον ἐλθεῖν they waited for evening's coming on, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.422, etc.; οὐκ ἔμειν᾽ ἐλθεῖν τράπεζαν νυμφίαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.16)]; τί μένεις.. ἰένα; why wait to go? [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 351)]; μένω δ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι I wait, i.e. long, to hear, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 677, compare “Ag.” 459 (Lyric poetry). (Cf. O 4th c.AD: Perses Epigrammaticus)] man- 'wait', Latin maneo.)