Word

προσμένω

prosménō · G4357 · Greek · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

to stay on, to remain

To stay or remain in a place beyond some point of time

Examples
Matthew 15:32 Now Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”
Mark 8:2 “I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me for three days already and have nothing to eat.
Acts 18:18 Now Paul, when he had remained many days longer, took leave of the brothers and sisters and sailed away to Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. Paul first had his hair cut at Cenchrea, for he was keeping a vow.
to continue, to remain in, to keep on

To continue in an activity or state

Examples
Acts 11:23 Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;
Acts 13:43 Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.
1 Timothy 5:5 Now she who is actually a widow and has been left alone has set her hope on God, and she continues in requests and prayers night and day.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

7 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: they 2
πᾶςall, every, each 1
σύyou 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (participle) 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐνin+ ἜφεσοςEphesus 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ἤδηalready 2
ἔτιstill 1

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 3 groups

παρακαλέωto plead for, to appeal to, to encourage 2
σπλαγχνίζομαιto feel compassion for 2
πείθωto persuade, to be confident, to trust 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

To continue, to remain in, to keep on68.11: The verb describes persisting in a course of action or condition. Luke's account of the growth of the early church uses this term: “Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord” (Acts 11:23).
To stay on, to remain85.59: The same verb describes staying on physically in a place beyond the ordinary or expected time. Luke's account of Paul's stay at Corinth uses this term: “Now Paul, when he had remained many days longer, took leave of the brothers and sisters and sailed away to Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. Paul first had his hair cut at Cenchrea, for he was keeping a vow” (Acts 18:18).

Word family 27 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist participle προσμείνας, infinitive προσμεῖναι; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;…

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, Mt 15:32; Mk 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, Acts 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, Acts 13:43 G L T Tr WH; δεήσεσι καί προσευχαῖς (A. V. to continue in supplications and prayers), 1 Tim 5:5.
b. to remain still (cf. πρός, IV. 2), stay, tarry: Acts 18:18; followed by ἐν with a dative of place, 1 Tim 1:3.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Continue3 occurrences Remain, Stay4 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0