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Strong's #362 - ἀναμένω
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ἀναμένω,
poet. ἀμμένω, Aeol. ὀμμένω Alc. 41: —
1. wait for, await, ἀνέμεινα.. Ἠῶ δῖαν Od. 19.342; νύκτα, τὸν ἥλιον, Hdt. 7.42, 54; τέλος δίκης A. Eu. 243; freq. in E., and Att. Prose: — οὐδὲ.. ἐπιθυμίαν ἀναμένεις dost not wait for desire to arise, X. Mem. 2.1.30, cf. Smp. 4.41; ἀ. τινά Hdt. 9.57; face an enemy in battle, Pi. P. 6.31: c. acc. et inf., οὐκ ἀ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας μάχης ἄρξαι Hdt. 8.15: ἀ. φῦναι τὰς τρίχας Id. 5.35; ἀ. ἡμέραν γενέσθαι Th. 4.135, cf. 120: foll. by relat. clauses, ἀ. ἕως ἄν.. Pl. Ly. 209a; ἀ. αὐτοὺς ἔστ' ἐμφάγοιέν τι X. Cyr. 8.1.44; ποῖ χρῆν ἀναμεῖναι; i. e. ἐς τίνα χρόνον; Ar. Lys. 526: abs., wait, stay, Ἑρμῆς.. οὐκέτ' ἀμμένει S. El. 1397, cf. 1389, Tr. 528, Ar. Ra. 175: c. part., πεινῶν ἀ. Id. V. 777.
2. put off, delay, X. Cyr. 1.6.10: c. inf., D. 19.224.
ἀνα -μένω ,
[in LXX for H6960 pi.;]
to await "one whose coming is expected, perhaps with the added idea of patience and confidence" c. acc, 1 Thessalonians 1:10 (v. M, Th., in l; MM, VGT, s.v.).†
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ἀναμένω occurs several times in the Alexandrian papyri of the reign of Augustus, collected in BGU IV. Thus 1151.35 (B.C. 13) μὴ ἀναμείναντας τὸν μεμερισμ (ένον) αὐτοῖς χρό (νον) μέχρι τοῦ ἐκτῖσαι τὸ ὅλον κεφάλ (αιον), and in almost the same terms 1053i. 83 (id.), 1055.29 (id.), 1156.18 (B.C. 15), 1167.54 (B.C. 12), of debtors who are to pay up without ";waiting for"; the time allowed them. The word is MGr.
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the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13