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Strong's #1961 - ἐπιμένω
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ἐπιμένω,
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1. stay on, tarry, abs., Il. 19.142, Od. 17.277; ἐπιμεῖναι ἐς αὔριον 11.351; ἄγε νῦν ἐπίμεινον, Ἀρήϊα τεύχεα δύω do you wait, and I will put on my armour, Il. 6.340; also ἐ. ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν.. ὄφρα.. Od. 4.587; ἐ. ἵνα.. h.Cer. 160, Ar. Nu. 196; so ἐ. ἐς τε.. X. An. 5.5.2: after Hom., remain in a place, ἐ. ἐν τῇ πόλει And. 1.75, etc.; ἐπί τῇ στρατιᾷ X. An. 7.2.1.
2.. abs., remain in place, continue as they are, of things, Th. 4.4, Pl. Phd. 80c, X. Cyn. 6.4; keep one's seat, of a horseman, Id. Cyr. 1.4.8; stay behind in a place, Str. 10.2.24.
3.. continue in a pursuit, ἐπὶ τῇ ζητήσει, ἐπὶ λόγῳ, Pl. La. 194a, Tht. 179e; ἐπὶ τοῖς δοξαζομένοις Id. R. 490b; ἐπὶ τοῦ κακουργήματος D. 24.86; ἐπὶ τῆς πολιορκίας Plb. 1.77.1; c.dat., persist in, τῇ ἀπονοία PTeb. 424.4 (iii A.D.); continue treatment, ἐ.βοηθήματι Herod. Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.83; cleave to, μιᾷ γυναικί PSI 3.158.26 (iii A.D.): also c. part., ἐ. ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων ὀρθὸς ἑστηκώς Pl. Men. 93d, cf. John 8:7; spend time over, ὑποδείγμασι A.D. Synt. 166.14.
4.. abide by, ταῖς σπονδαῖς dub. l. in X. HG. 3.4.6.
5.. endure, τοῖς συμβεβηκόσι Sor. 1.3.
II. c. acc., await, be in store for, τινά E. Supp. 624 (lyr.), v.l.in Id. Ph. 223 (lyr.), cf. Pl. R. 361d: c. aor. inf., ἐ. τι τελεσθῆναι Th. 3.2; μὴ 'πιμεῖναι τοὐμὸν ὀξῦναι στόμα not to wait so as to.., S. Tr. 1176: c. fut. inf., Th. 3.26.
ἐπι -ρένω ,
[in LXX: Exodus 12:39 (H4102 hith.)*;]
to stay on, tarry or abide still: seq. έν , 1 Corinthians 16:8; αὐτοῦ , there, Acts 15:34 (WH, txt., RV, txt., omit) Acts 21:4; c. dat., τ . σαρκί , Philippians 1:24; seq. παρά , c. dat. pers., Acts 28:14; πρός , c. acc pers., 1 Corinthians 16:7, Galatians 1:18; c. acc temp., Acts 10:48; Acts 21:4; Acts 21:10; Acts 28:12; Acts 28:14, 1 Corinthians 16:7. Metaph., to continue in a pursuit or state: c. dat., τ . ἀμαρτίᾳ , Romans 6:1; τ . ὰπιστίᾳ , Romans 11:23; τ . πίστει , Colossians 1:23; αὐτοῖς (v. CGT, in l), 1 Timothy 4:16; τ . χρηστότητι , Romans 11:22; c. ptcp. (cf. Bl., § 73, 4; 76, 2), John 8:7, Acts 12:16.†
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For ἐ. ";remain"; in a place, as in Acts 10:48, 1 Corinthians 16:7 f., cf. P Lond 897.12 (A.D. 84) (= III. p. 207) κέκρικα γὰρ νὴ τοὺς θεοὺς ἐν Ἀλεξανδρε ̣ίᾳ ἐπιμένειν, P Fay 296 (A.D. 113) πρὸς τὸ δύνασθαί με ἐπιμένιν ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ διευθύνων τὰ δημόσια. The construction with the dative is found in P Ryl II. 153.3 (A.D. 138–61) τῷ αὐ ]τ ̣ῷ ἀπελευθέ [ρῳ ] . . . ῳ ἐπιμ ̣[έ ]νοντι ὡς προγέγραπται τῇ πατρίδι μου : cf. ib. 239.9 (mid. iii/A.D.) ἐπίμινον τοῖς ἐκεῖ, ";stay on for the men there,"; PSI III. 158.26 (iii/A.D. ?) a planetary configuration makes men ἐπιψόγους μ ̣ὴ ἐπιμένοντας μιᾷ γυναικί (the opposite of ";love one only and cleave to her.";). For the tropical use, as in Romans 6:1, cf. P Oxy II. 237vi. 18 (A.D. 186) ἐπιμένει τῇ αὐτῇ ἀπονοίᾳ ἐνυβρίζων μοι, P Tebt II. 424.4 (late iii/A.D.) εἰ μὲν ἐπιμένις σου τῇ ἀπονοίᾳ, συνχέρω σοι, ";if you persist in your folly, I congratulate you"; (Edd.), and with [Jn] 8.7 ἐπέμενον ἐρωτῶντες cf. the late P Oxy I. 128.7 (vi/vii A.D.) ἐπιμένει γὰρ λέγων μὴ δύνασθαι ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον κοπωθῆναι, ";he insists that he is unable to bear such a strain"; (Edd.). See also Menandrea p. 3.35 ἐπιμένει τὸ χρέος ἀπεργαζόμενος, ";he stays on to work off the debt.";
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