ΠΕΡΙΜΕΙΝΑΙ, περιμειναι
PERIMEINAI, perimeinai
Sounds Like: peh-ree-MEH-nai
Translations: to wait, to wait for, to remain, to stay
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about', and the verb μένω (menō), meaning 'to remain' or 'to stay'. Together, it means 'to wait around for' or 'to await'. It describes the action of patiently waiting for someone or something, or remaining in a place for a period of time.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4037 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΜΕΙΝΑΤΕ — you waited for, you awaited, you remained
- ΠΕΡΙΕΜΕΙΝΕΝ — remained, waited, endured, persevered
- ΠΕΡΙΕΜΕΝΕΝ — he was waiting for, she was waiting for, it was waiting for, he was awaiting, she was awaiting, it was awaiting, he was expecting, she was expecting, it was expecting
- ΠΕΡΙΕΜΕΝΟΝ — were waiting for, used to wait for, kept waiting for, awaited, expected
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΙΝΑΣ — having waited, having remained, having stayed, having endured
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΙΝΕΙΕΝ — to wait for, to await, to remain, to endure
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΙΝΟΝ — wait for, await, remain
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΕ — wait, wait for, await, expect
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΕΙ — waits for, awaits, expects, is waiting for
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΕΙΝ — to wait, to wait for, to await, to expect
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΙΝ — to wait, to wait for, to await
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΟΝΤΑ — waiting, expecting, remaining, awaiting
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΟΝΤΕΣ — waiting for, expecting, awaiting, those waiting, while waiting
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΟΝΤΙ — (to) waiting, (to) expecting, (to) remaining, (to) abiding
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΟΝΤΟΣ — of waiting, of remaining, of expecting, of abiding
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΟΥΝΤΟΣ — waiting, expecting, remaining, enduring, of one waiting, of one expecting
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΟΥΣΙ — they wait for, they await, they expect, they remain, they stay
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they wait, they are waiting, they await, they are awaiting
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΩ — wait, await, wait for, expect
- ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΩΝ — waiting, waiting for, expecting, awaiting
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