μένω

[, see ἐμμένω and under the word ἐν, III. 3.]
G3306 — μένω
; imperfect ἔμενον; future μένω; 1 aorist ἔμεινα; pluperfect μεμενήκειν without augment (1 Jn 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, Lk 8:27; Lk 10:7; Jn 7:9; Jn 11:6; Acts 20:15; Acts 27:31; Acts 28:30 (R G L); 2 Tim 4:20; with adverbs of place: ἐκεῖ, Mt 10:11; Jn 2:12; Jn 10:40; (Jn 11:54 WH Tr text); ὧδε, Mt 26:38; Mk 14:34; παρά τίνι, with one, Jn 1:39(); ; Acts 18:20 (R G); ; σύν τίνι, Lk 1:56; καθ' ἑαυτόν, dwell at his own House, Acts 28:16, cf. Acts 28:30. equivalent to tarry as a guest, lodge: ποῦ, Jn 1:38 (); ἐν with the dative of place, Lk 19:5; Acts 9:43; παρά τίνι, in one's house, Acts 9:43; Acts 18:3; Acts 21:8; of tarrying for a night, μετά τίνος, σύν τίνι, Lk 24:29. equivalent to to be kept, to remain: dead bodies ἐπί τοῦ σταυροῦ, Jn 19:31; τό κλῆμα ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ, Jn 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, 1 Jn 2:19; to be constantly present to help one, of the Holy Spirit, Jn 14:16 R G; also παρά with the dative of person, Jn 14:17; ἐπί τινα, to put forth constant influence upon one, of the Holy Spirit, Jn 1:32f; also of the wrath of God, Jn 3:36; τό κάλυμμα ἐπί τῇ ἀναγνώσει, of that which continually prevents the right understanding of what is read, 2 Cor 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, Jn 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, 1 Jn 2:6, 1 Jn 2:24, 1 Jn 2:27; 1 Jn 3:6; hence, one is said μένειν in Christ or in God, and conversely Christ or God is said μένειν in one: Jn 6:56; Jn 15:4; 1 Jn 3:24; 1 Jn 4:13, 1 Jn 4:16; ὁ Θεός μένει ἐν αὐτῷ καί αὐτός ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, 1 Jn 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, Jn 15:7; ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ, 1 Jn 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), Jn 15:11 Rec.; ὁ ἠκουσατα, 1 Jn 2:24; the Holy Spirit, Jn 2:17; Jn 3:9; ἡ ἀλήθεια, 2 Jn 1:2; love toward God, 1 Jn 3:17; in the same sense one is said ἔχειν τί μένον ἐν ἑαυτῷ, as τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Jn 5:38; ζωήν αἰώνιον, 1 Jn 3:15. equivalent to to persevere; ἐν τίνι, of him who cleaves, holds fast, to a thing: ἐν τῷ λόγῳ, Jn 8:31; ἐν τῇ ἀγάπη, 1 Jn 4:16; ἐν πίστει, 1 Tim 2:15; ἐν οἷς (ἐν τούτοις, ἅ) ἔμαθες, 2 Tim 3:14; ἐν τῇ διδαχή, 2 Jn 1:9 (ἐν τῷ Ἰουδαϊσμῷ, 2 Macc. 8:1); differently ἐν τῇ ἀγάπη τίνος, i. e. to keep oneself always worthy of his love, Jn 15:9f β. to be held, or kept, continually: ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ, in the state of death, 1 Jn 3:14; ἐν τῇ σκοτία, Jn 12:46; ἐν τῷ φωτί, 1 Jn 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): Phm 1:25 (so ἐμμένειν, Sir. 39:11); with εἰς τόν αἰῶνα added, Jn 12:34; Heb 7:24; also of him who becomes partaker of the true and everlasting life, opposed to παράγεσθαι, 1 Jn 2:17; ἕως ἄρτι, opposed to οἱ καιμηθεντες, 1 Cor 15:6; ὀλίγον, Rev 17:10; ἕως ἔρχομαι, Jn 21:22f; of things, not to perish, to last, stand: of cities, Mt 11:23; Heb. xiii, 14; of works, opposed to κατακαίεσθαι, 1 Cor 3:14; of purposes, moral excellences, Rom 9:11; 1 Cor 13:13; Heb 13:1; λόγος Θεοῦ, 1 Pet 1:23; (where Rec. adds εἰς τόν αἰῶνα added, 2 Cor 9:9; τό ῤῆμα27ὁ καρπός, Jn 15:16; ὕπαρξις, Heb 10:34; ἁμαρτία, Jn 9:41; βρῶσις, opposed to ἡ ἀπολλυμενη, Jn 6:27; one's δικαιοσύνη with εἰς τόν αἰῶνα added, 2 Cor 9:9; τό ῤῆμα κυρίου, 1 Pet 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: Acts 5:4 (1 Macc. 15:7).
3. to State or Condition; to remain as one is, not to become another or different: with a predicate nominative μόνος, Jn 12:24; ἀσάλευτος, Acts 27:41; ἄγαμος, 1 Cor 7:11; πιστός, 2 Tim 2:13; ἱερεύς, Heb 7:3; with adverbs, οὕτως, 1 Cor 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): Acts 20:23; with ἐν and the dative of place added, Acts 20:5. (Compare: ἀναμένω, διαμένω, ἐνμένω, ἐπιμένω, καταμένω, παραμένω, συνπαραμένω, περιμένω, προσμένω, ὑπομένω.)