Greek verb · G1961
ἐπιμένω
epimenoep-ee-men'-o
to remain/keep on
15 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epiménō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1961is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1961
to stay over, i.e. remain (figuratively, persevere)
The King James renders it: abide (in), continue (in), tarry.
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
epimeno is rendered "to remain/keep on". It stands 15 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 10:48So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
Acts 10:48ἐπιμεῖναι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's fifteen uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to remain4
- do continue1
- I remained1
- I will remain1
- Remaining1
- Shall we continue1
- they shall continue1
- was continuing1
- we remained1
- we stayed1
- you continue1
- you shall continue in1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιμελέομαι | epimeleomai | to care | Uses3 |
| ἐπιμελῶς | epimelos | carefully | Uses1 |
| ἐπιμέλεια | epimeleia | care | Uses1 |
| ἐπιμαρτυρέω | epimartyreo | to testify to | Uses1 |
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 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
- ἐπιμεῖναι3
- ἐπεμείναμεν2
- ἐπέμεινα1
- ἐπέμενεν1
- ἐπίμενε1
- ἐπιμένειν1
- ἐπιμένετε1
- ἐπιμένῃς1
- Ἐπιμενόντων1
- ἐπιμενῶ1
- ἐπιμένωμεν1
- ἐπιμένωσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)3V-AAN
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural2V-AAI-1P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AAI-1S
- verb · future active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-FAI-1S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-PAI-2P
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular1V-PAM-2S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person plural1V-PAS-1P
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-PAS-2S
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-PAS-3P
Acts
six uses
So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
- ἐπιμεῖναιepimeinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to remain
But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
- ἐπέμενενepemenenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was continuing
We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
- ἐπεμείναμενepemeinamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we remained
After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
- Ἐπιμενόντωνepimenontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Remaining
Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
- ἐπεμείναμενepemeinamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we stayed
There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
- ἐπιμεῖναιepimeinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to remain
Romans
three uses
What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
- ἐπιμένωμενepimenomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: Shall we continue
Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
- ἐπιμένῃςepimenesverb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you shall continue in
And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
- ἐπιμένωσινepimenosinverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they shall continue
1 Corinthians
two uses
For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
- ἐπιμεῖναιepimeinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to remain
But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
- ἐπιμενῶepimenoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will remain
Galatians
one use
Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
- ἐπέμειναepemeinaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I remained
Philippians
one use
But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
- ἐπιμένεινepimeneinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to remain
Colossians
one use
if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
- ἐπιμένετεepimeneteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you continue
1 Timothy
one use
Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
- ἐπίμενεepimeneverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do 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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
