ἘΜΜΕΝΕΙ, ἐμμενει
EMMENEI, emmenei
Sounds Like: em-MEH-neh-ee
Translations: abides, remains, continues, persists, endures, holds fast
From the root: ἘΜΜΕΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to abide, remain, or continue in a place, state, or relationship. It implies steadfastness and persistence. It can be used to describe someone who remains faithful to a covenant, or who continues in a particular course of action or belief.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Present Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G1709 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 14:370
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 95:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Galatians — 3:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΜΕΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΜΜΕΙΝΑΙ — to remain in, to abide in, to continue in, to persevere in, to stand fast in, to be faithful to
- ἘΜΜΕΙΝΗ — remain, abide, continue, persist, endure, stand fast
- ἘΜΜΕΝΕ — abide, remain, continue, persevere, endure, stay
- ἘΜΜΕΝΕΙΝ — to abide in, to remain in, to continue in, to persevere in, to stand fast in, to adhere to
- ἘΜΜΕΝΗ — abide in, continue in, remain in, stand by, persevere in
- ἘΜΜΕΝΟΝΤΩΝ — abiding, remaining, continuing, persisting, adhering, holding fast, of those abiding, of those remaining
- ἘΜΜΕΝΟΥΣΑΝ — remaining, abiding, continuing, enduring, a remaining one, an abiding one
- ἘΜΜΕΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they remain, they abide, they continue, they persevere, they endure
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