G1696
G1696 — ἐμμένω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
emmeno (em-men'-o) v.
1. to stay in the same place
2. (figuratively) persevere
[from G1722 and G3306]
KJV: continue
Root(s): G1722, G3306
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
continue
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμμένω (Tdf. ἐνμένω, Act 14:22; see ἐν, III. 3); 1 aorist ἐνεμεινα; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; (Augustine,immaneo), to remain in, continue;
a. properly, in a place: ἐν τίνι, Act 28:30 T Tr WH.
b. to persevere in anything, a state of mind, etc.; to hold fast, be true to, abide by, keep: τῇ πίστει, Act 14:22 (νόμῳ, ὅρκοις, etc. in the Greek writings); ἐν τίνι (more rarely so in the classics, as ἐν ταῖς σπονδαις, Thucydides 4, 118; ἐν τῇ πίστει, Polybius 3, 70, 4): ἐν (so R G only) τοῖς γεγραμμένοις, Gal 3:10 from Deu 27:26; ἐν τῇ διαθήκη, Heb 8:9 from Jeremiah 38:32 (). (Cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 52, 4, 5.)
STRONGS NT 1696a: ἐμμέσῳἐμμέσῳ, equivalent to ἐν μέσῳ (see μέσος, 2): Rev 1:13; Rev 2:1; Rev 4:6; Rev 5:6; Rev 22:2, in Tdf. edition 7; (see his Proleg., p. xlviii. (but nowhere in edition 8, see the Proleg., p. 76f); cf. WHs Appendix, p. 150; B. 8).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐμμένω (continue)
Acts 14:22
- KJV: Confirming the souls of the disciples exhorting them to continue in the faith and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God
- GK: επιστηρίζοντες τας ψυχάς των μαθητών παρακαλούντες εμμένειν τη πίστει και ότι διά πολλών θλίψεων δει ημάς εισελθείν εις την βασιλείαν του θεού
Galatians 3:10
- KJV: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse for it is written Cursed every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them
- GK: όσοι γαρ εξ έργων νόμου εισίν υπό κατάραν εισί γέγραπται γαρ επικατάρατος πας ος ουκ εμμένει εν πάσι τοις γεγραμμένοις εν τω βιβλίω του νομου του ποιήσαι αυτά
Hebrews 8:9
- KJV: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt because they continued not in my covenant and I regarded them not saith the Lord
- GK: ου κατά την διαθήκην ην εποίησα τοις πατράσιν αυτών εν ημέρα επιλαβομένου μου της χειρός αυτών εξαγαγείν αυτούς εκ γης Αιγύπτου ότι αυτοί ουκ ενέμειναν εν τη διαθήκη μου καγώ ημέλησα αυτών λέγει κύριος