G4357

προσμένω

prosmenōG:V

to remain/persist

προσ-μένω [in LXX: Jdg.3:25 A (חוּל hi.), Tob.2:2 א, Wis.3:9, 3Ma.7:17 * ;] __1. to wait longer, continue, remain still: Act.18:18; before ἐν, 1Ti.1:3. __2. C. dative, to remain with: Mat.15:32, Mrk.8:32. Metaphorical, to remain attached to, cleave unto, abide in: τ. κυρίῳ, Act.11:23 (R, txt.; ἐν τ. κ., R, mg., see supr.); τ. χάριτι τ. θεοῦ, Act.13:43; τ. δεήσεσιν, 1Ti.5:5.† (AS)

The KJV translates G4357 in the following manner:

with (4x), cleave (2x), have (2x), in (2x), still (2x), tarried (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

προσμένω — prosménō

προσμένω; 1 aorist participle προσμείνας, infinitive προσμεῖναι; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;

a. to remain with (see πρός, IV. 3): with a dative of the person to continue with one, Mat 15:32; Mar 8:2 (here L WH marginal reading omit; Tr brackets the dative); τῷ κυρίῳ, to be steadfastly devoted to (A. V. cleave unto) the Lord, Act 11:23 (Wis 3:9; Josephus, Antiquities 14, 2, 1); τῇ χάριτι τοῦ Θεοῦ, to hold fast to (A. V. continue in) the grace of God received in the gospel, Act 13:43 G L T Tr WH; δεήσεσι καί προσευχαῖς (A. V. to continue in supplications and prayers), 1Ti 5:5.

b. to remain still (cf. πρός, IV. 2), stay, tarry: Act 18:18; followed by ἐν with a dative of place, 1Ti 1:3.

7 occurrences

Matthew (1), Mark (1), Acts (3), I Timothy (2)