μένω

μένω — ménō

[ἐνμένω, see ἐμμένω and under the word ἐν, III. 3.]

STRONGS NT 3306: μένωμένω; imperfect ἔμενον; future μένω; 1 aorist ἔμεινα; pluperfect μεμενήκειν without augment (1Jn 2:19; cf. ἐκβάλλω (and see Tdf. Proleg., p. 120f)); (from Homer down); the Sept. chiefly for עָמַד and קוּם, also for חִכָּה, יָשַׁב, etc.; to remain, abide;

I. intransitively; in reference:

1. to place;

a. properly, equivalent to Latincommoror, to sojourn, tarry: ἐν with the dative of place, Luk 8:27; Luk 10:7; Joh 7:9; Joh 11:6; Act 20:15; Act 27:31; Act 28:30 (R G L); 2Ti 4:20; with adverbs of place: ἐκεῖ, Mat 10:11; Joh 2:12; Joh 10:40; (Joh 11:54 WH Tr text); ὧδε, Mat 26:38; Mar 14:34; παρά τίνι, with one, Joh 1:39;; Act 18:20 (R G);; σύν τίνι, Luk 1:56; καθ' ἑαυτόν, dwell at his own House, Act 28:16, cf. Act 28:30. equivalent to tarry as a guest, lodge: ποῦ, Joh 1:38; ἐν with the dative of place, Luk 19:5; Act 9:43; παρά τίνι, in one's house, Act 9:43; Act 18:3; Act 21:8; of tarrying for a night, μετά τίνος, σύν τίνι, Luk 24:29. equivalent to to be kept, to remain: dead bodies ἐπί τοῦ σταυροῦ, Joh 19:31; τό κλῆμα ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ, Joh 15:4.

b. tropically; α. equivalent to not to depart, not to leave, to continue to be present: μετά τίνος (genitive of person), to maintain unbroken fellowship with one, adhere to his party, 1Jn 2:19; to be constantly present to help one, of the Holy Spirit, Joh 14:16 R G; also παρά with the dative of person, Joh 14:17; ἐπί τινα, to put forth constant influence upon one, of the Holy Spirit, Joh 1:32 f; also of the wrath of God, Joh 3:36; τό κάλυμμα ἐπί τῇ ἀναγνώσει, of that which continually prevents the right understanding of what is read, 2Co 3:14. In the mystic phraseology of John, God is said μένειν in Christ, i. e. to dwell as it were within him, to be continually operative in him by his divine influence and energy, Joh 14:10; Christians are said μένειν ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, to be rooted as it were in him, knit to him by the spirit they have received from him, 1Jn 2:6; 1Jn 2:24; 1Jn 2:27; 1Jn 3:6; hence, one is said μένειν in Christ or in God, and conversely Christ or God is said μένειν in one: Joh 6:56; Joh 15:4; 1Jn 3:24; 1Jn 4:13; 1Jn 4:16; ὁ Θεός μένει ἐν αὐτῷ καί αὐτός ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, 1Jn 4:15; cf. Rückert, Abendmahl, p. 268f μένει τί ἐν ἐμοί, something has established itself permanently within my soul, and always exerts its power in me: τά ῤήματα μου, Joh 15:7; ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1Jn 2:14; ἡ χαρά ἡ ἐμή (not joy in me, i. e. of which I am the object, but the joy with which I am filled), Joh 15:11 Rec.; ὁ ἠκουσατα, 1Jn 2:24; the Holy Spirit, Joh 2:17; Joh 3:9; ἡ ἀλήθεια, 2Jn 1:2; love toward God, 1Jn 3:17; in the same sense one is said ἔχειν τί μένον ἐν ἑαυτῷ, as τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Joh 5:38; ζωήν αἰώνιον, 1Jn 3:15. equivalent to to persevere; ἐν τίνι, of him who cleaves, holds fast, to a thing: ἐν τῷ λόγῳ, Joh 8:31; ἐν τῇ ἀγάπη, 1Jn 4:16; ἐν πίστει, 1Ti 2:15; ἐν οἷς (ἐν τούτοις, ἅ) ἔμαθες, 2Ti 3:14; ἐν τῇ διδαχή, 2Jn 1:9 (ἐν τῷ Ἰουδαϊσμῷ, 2Ma 8:1); differently ἐν τῇ ἀγάπη τίνος, i. e. to keep oneself always worthy of his love, Joh 15:9 f β. to be held, or kept, continually: ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ, in the state of death, 1Jn 3:14; ἐν τῇ σκοτία, Joh 12:46; ἐν τῷ φωτί, 1Jn 2:10.

2. to Time; to continue to be, i. e. not to perish, to last, to endure: of persons, to survive, live (examples from secular authors are given in Kypke, Observations, i., p. 415f): Php 1:25 (so ἐμμένειν, Sir 39:11); with εἰς τόν αἰῶνα added, Joh 12:34; Heb 7:24; also of him who becomes partaker of the true and everlasting life, opposed to παράγεσθαι, 1Jn 2:17; ἕως ἄρτι, opposed to οἱ καιμηθεντες, 1Co 15:6; ὀλίγον, Rev 17:10; ἕως ἔρχομαι, Joh 21:22 f; of things, not to perish, to last, stand: of cities, Mat 11:23; Heb. xiii, 14; of works, opposed to κατακαίεσθαι, 1Co 3:14; of purposes, moral excellences, Rom 9:11; 1Co 13:13; Heb 13:1; λόγος Θεοῦ, 1Pe 1:23; (where Rec. adds εἰς τόν αἰῶνα added, 2Co 9:9; τό ῤῆμα27ὁ καρπός, Joh 15:16; ὕπαρξις, Heb 10:34; ἁμαρτία, Joh 9:41; βρῶσις, opposed to ἡ ἀπολλυμενη, Joh 6:27; one's δικαιοσύνη with εἰς τόν αἰῶνα added, 2Co 9:9; τό ῤῆμα κυρίου, 1Pe 1:25. things which one does not part with are said μένειν to him, i. e. to remain to him, be still in (his) possession: Act 5:4 (1Ma 15:7).

3. to State or Condition; to remain as one is, not to become another or different: with a predicate nominative μόνος, Joh 12:24; ἀσάλευτος, Act 27:41; ἄγαμος, 1Co 7:11; πιστός, 2Ti 2:13; ἱερεύς, Heb 7:3; with adverbs, οὕτως, 1Co 7:40; ὡς κἀγώ, ibid. 8; ἐν with the dative of the state, ibid. 20, 24.

II. transitively; τινα, to wait for, await one (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 4): Act 20:23; with ἐν and the dative of place added, Act 20:5. (Compare: ἀναμένω, διαμένω, ἐνμένω, ἐπιμένω, καταμένω, παραμένω, συνπαραμένω, περιμένω, προσμένω, ὑπομένω.)