ἐπιμένω

ἐπιμένω — epiménō

ἐπιμένω; (imperfect ἐπέμενον); future ἐπιμένω; 1 aorist ἐπέμεινα; to stay at or with; to tarry still; still to abide, to continue, remain;

a. properly, of tarrying in a place: ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, 1Co 16:8; ἐν τῇ σαρκί, to live still longer on earth Php 1:24 (G T WH omit ἐν); αὐτοῦ, there, Act 15:34 (Rec.); (Lachmann αὐτοῖς); with the dative of thing: τῇ σαρκί, to abide as it were a captive to life on earth, Php 1:24 G T WH; ἐπί τίνι, with one, Act 28:14 (L T Tr WH παῥ); πρός τινα, with one, 1Co 16:7; Gal 1:18; with specification of time how long: Act 10:48; Act 21:4; Act 21:10; Act 28:12; Act 28:14; 1Co 16:7.

b. tropically, to persevere, continue; with the dative of the thing continued in (cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part ii., p. 10f): τῇ ἁμαρτία, Rom 6:1; τῇ ἀπιστία, Rom 11:23; τῇ πίστει, Col 1:23; in the work of teaching, 1Ti 4:16 (τῷ μή ἀδικεῖν, Xenophon, oec. 14, 7; τῇ μνηστεία, Aelian v. h. 10, 15); with the dative of the blessing for which one keeps himself fit: τῇ χάριτι, Act 13:43 Rec.; τῇ χρηστότητι, Rom 11:22; with a participle denoting the action persisted in: Joh 8:7 Rec.; Act 12:16; cf. Buttmann, 299f (257); (Winer's Grammar, § 54, 4).