Greek verb · G1696
ἐμμένω
emmenoem-men'-o
to abide in; to abide by, be true to
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: emménō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1696is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1696
to stay in the same place, i.e. (figuratively) persevere
The King James renders it: continue.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
emmeno is rendered "to abide in; to abide by, be true to". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to abide in".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
Acts 14:22ἐμμένειν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to abide in, and to abide by, be true to.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to abide inAct.28:30. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 28:30Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him. |
| to abide by, be true tobefore ἐν; τ. πίστει | Tagged as
| WhereActs 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐμμένει1
- ἐμμένειν1
- ἐνέμειναν1
- Ἐνέμεινεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
Acts
two uses
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- ἐμμένεινemmeneinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to continue
Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
- Ἐνέμεινενenemeinenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He abided
Galatians
one use
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- ἐμμένειemmeneiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: does continue
Hebrews
one use
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
- ἐνέμεινανenemeinanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: did continue
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.