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Strong's #4357 - προσμένω

Transliteration

prosménō

Phonetics

pros-men'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G4314) and (G3306)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

4:579,581

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to remain with, to continue with one
to hold fast to: the grace of God received in the Gospel
to remain still, tarry, stay

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2342 ‑ חוּל (khool, kheel);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Acts 2

1 Timothy 2

NAS (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Acts 3

1 Timothy 2

HCS (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Acts 3

1 Timothy 2

BSB (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Acts 3

1 Timothy 2

ESV (4)

Matthew 1

Acts 1

1 Timothy 2

WEB (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Acts 2

1 Timothy 2

KJV (7)

been 1

continue 1

continueth 1

have 1

still 1

tarried 1

unto 1

NAS (7)

continue 1

continues 1

remain 2

remained 3

HCS (7)

stayed with 2

continues 1

having stayed on 1

of them to remain 1

remain 1

to continue 1

BSB (7)

continues 1

remained [in Corinth] 1

they have already been 2

to abide 1

to continue 1

you should stay on 1

ESV (4)

been 1

continues 1

remain 1

remain faithful 1

WEB (7)

continues in 1

having stayed 1

stay 1

stayed with 1

they continue with 1

they have 1

they should remain near 1

RAH

V-AAI3P 1

ANT

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 2

BEZ

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

BGB

V-ANA 1

V-APA-NMS 1

V-PIA-3P 2

V-PIA-3S 1

V-PNA 2

BMT

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

BYZ

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

ELZ

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

NA26

V-AAN 1

V-AAPNSM 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 2

SBL

V-3PAIP 2

V-3PAIS 1

V-AAN 1

V-AAPNSM 1

V-PAN 2

SCV

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

STV

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

TIS

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 2

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-AAN 1

V-AAP-NSM 1

V-PAI-3P 2

V-PAI-3S 1

V-PAN 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

προσμένω,

Dor. ποτι- SIG 615.7 (Delph., ii B.C. ): —

bide, wait, χρόνον πολλόν Hdt. 1.199, cf. 5.19; σῖγ' ἔχουσα πρόσμενε S. El. 1236, cf. 1399; ἡσυχάζων π . Id. OT 620; π. χρόνον ὀλίγον ἔστ' ἂν . ., π. ἕως . ., Hdt. 8.4, X. HG 2.4.7 .

2. c. dat., remain attached to, cleave to, πάθεα π. τοκεῦσιν A. Eu. 497 (lyr.); τῷ Κυρίῳ Acts 11:23; π. ταῖς δεήσεσιν continue in . ., 1 Timothy 5:5; ταῖς ἑαυτῶν ἀγωγαῖς Gal. 15.436 .

II trans., wait for, await, c. acc., Thgn. 1144, S. OT 837, El. 164 (lyr.), etc.; face in battle, stand one's ground against, δορίκτυπον ἀλαλάν Pi. N. 3.60: c. acc. et inf. fut., Ὀρέστην τῶνδε προσμένουσ' ἀεὶ παυστῆρ' ἐφήξειν S. El. 303 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

προσμένω; 1 aorist participle προσμείνας, infinitive προσμεῖναι; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;

a. to remain with (see πρός, IV. 3): with a dative of the person to continue with one, Matthew 15:32; Mark 8:2 (here L WH marginal reading omit; Tr brackets the dative); τῷ κυρίῳ, to be steadfastly devoted to (A. V. cleave unto) the Lord, Acts 11:23 (Wis. 3:9; Josephus, Antiquities 14, 2, 1); τῇ χάριτι τοῦ Θεοῦ, to hold fast to (A. V. continue in) the grace of God received in the gospel, Acts 13:43 G L T Tr WH; δεήσεσι καί προσευχαῖς (A. V. to continue in supplications and prayers), 1 Timothy 5:5.

b. to remain still (cf. πρός, IV. 2), stay, tarry: Acts 18:18; followed by ἐν with a dative of place, 1 Timothy 1:3.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

προσ -μένω ,

[in LXX: Judges 3:25 A (H2342 hi.), Tobit 2:2 א , Wisdom of Solomon 3:9, 3 Maccabees 7:17 *;]

1. to wait longer, continue, remain still: Acts 18:18; seq. ἐν , 1 Timothy 1:3.

2. C. dat., to remain with: Matthew 15:32, Mark 8:32. Metaph., to remain attached to, cleave unto, abide in: τ . κυρίῳ , Acts 11:23 (R, txt.; ἐν τ . κ ., R, mg., v. supr.); τ . χάριτι τ . θεοῦ , Acts 13:43; τ . δεήσεσιν , 1 Timothy 5:5.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For a full discussion of this word and its cognates, see Armitage Robinson Ephesians, p. 264 ff., where it is shown that in the NT ";obtuseness or intellectual blindness is the meaning indicated by the context";; and that ";this meaning is as a rule assigned by the ancient translators and commentators"; (p. 273).

List of Word Forms

προσέμειναν προσενόησα προσενόουν προσέωξεν προσμειναι προσμείναι προσμεῖναι προσμεινας προσμείνας προσμενει προσμένει προσμενειν προσμένειν προσμένουσί προσμενουσιν προσμένουσίν προσμίγνυται προσνοήσει προσνοήσω προσνοών προσόδων προσώζεσαν prosmeinai prosmeînai prosmeinas prosmeínas prosmenei prosménei prosmenein prosménein prosmenousin prosménousín