Strong G3887παραμένω
to continue
- Transliteration
- paramenō
- Pronunciation
- par-am-en'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
παρα-μένω
[in LXX: Pro.12:7, Da TH Dan.11:17 (עָמַד), etc.;]
to remain beside or near: Heb.7:23, Jas.1:25; of remaining alive, 1Co.16:6 (WH, κατα-), Php.1:25 (cf. συμ-παραμένω).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Pro.12:7, Da TH Dan.11:17 (עָמַד), etc.;]
to remain beside or near: Heb.7:23, Jas.1:25; of remaining alive, 1Co.16:6 (WH, κατα-), Php.1:25 (cf. συμ-παραμένω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3887 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abide1
- continue1
- continueth1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 16:6And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
- Hebrews 7:23And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
- James 1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
παραμένω,
poetry παρμένω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.40, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 169 (trimeter))]: — stay beside or near, stand by, οὐδέ τις αὐτῷ Ἀργείων παρέμεινε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.402, compare 15.400; παράμεινον τὸν βίον ἡμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1108 (hexameters), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 39e, +others)]; of slaves, remain, stay, opposed to δραπετεύω, ἀποδιδράσκω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Men.” 97d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 3.4)]; in Law, of slaves whose manumission was deferred, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 1208 (Thespiae, 2nd c.BC), etc.: hence Παρμένων, “Trusty”)], as a slave's name, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 302, etc.)]
II absolutely, stand one's ground, stand fast, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.151, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82, 6.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 440, etc.)]; more fully, μάχαις τλάμονι ψυχᾷ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.48; παρμένοντας αἰχμᾷ [prev. work] 8.40)]; εὐανθεῖ ἐν ὀργᾷ π[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. [prev. work] 1.89; πρὸς τὰ ὑπόλοιπα τῶν ἔργων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.10)]; ἀδύνατός εἰμι.. παραμένειν to remain with the army, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.15)]; offortune, remain steady. παραμένει γὰρ οὐδὲ ἕν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 51.)]
II.2 stay at a place, stay behind or at home, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.64, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.2.)]
II.3 survive, remain alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30.)]
II.4 of things, endure, last, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.57, etc.)]; ἀεὶ παραμένουσα [ἡ φύσις] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 942; π. ἡ πολιτεία 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.28; αἱ εὐπραγίαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.13; ἡ ὑγίεια 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.17, etc.; δίχα τῆς σφοδρότητος π. τὸ μέγεθος 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 9.13)]; of money, stay by one, last for ever, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 281, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 9.1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 128.2)]; of wine, last, keep good, εἰς τριγονίαν π. ἐν ἀπιττώτοις ἄγγεσι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.10.1, compare “Ostr.Bodl.” i 145 (3rd-2nd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.655f.)]
poetry παρμένω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.40, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 169 (trimeter))]: — stay beside or near, stand by, οὐδέ τις αὐτῷ Ἀργείων παρέμεινε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.402, compare 15.400; παράμεινον τὸν βίον ἡμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1108 (hexameters), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 39e, +others)]; of slaves, remain, stay, opposed to δραπετεύω, ἀποδιδράσκω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Men.” 97d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 3.4)]; in Law, of slaves whose manumission was deferred, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 1208 (Thespiae, 2nd c.BC), etc.: hence Παρμένων, “Trusty”)], as a slave's name, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 302, etc.)]
II absolutely, stand one's ground, stand fast, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.151, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82, 6.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 440, etc.)]; more fully, μάχαις τλάμονι ψυχᾷ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.48; παρμένοντας αἰχμᾷ [prev. work] 8.40)]; εὐανθεῖ ἐν ὀργᾷ π[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. [prev. work] 1.89; πρὸς τὰ ὑπόλοιπα τῶν ἔργων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.10)]; ἀδύνατός εἰμι.. παραμένειν to remain with the army, [Refs ([prev. author] 7.15)]; offortune, remain steady. παραμένει γὰρ οὐδὲ ἕν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 51.)]
II.2 stay at a place, stay behind or at home, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.64, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.2.)]
II.3 survive, remain alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30.)]
II.4 of things, endure, last, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.57, etc.)]; ἀεὶ παραμένουσα [ἡ φύσις] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 942; π. ἡ πολιτεία 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 25.28; αἱ εὐπραγίαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.13; ἡ ὑγίεια 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.17, etc.; δίχα τῆς σφοδρότητος π. τὸ μέγεθος 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 9.13)]; of money, stay by one, last for ever, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 281, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 9.1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 128.2)]; of wine, last, keep good, εἰς τριγονίαν π. ἐν ἀπιττώτοις ἄγγεσι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.10.1, compare “Ostr.Bodl.” i 145 (3rd-2nd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.655f.)]