Lexical Summary paramenō: to remain beside or near Original Word: παραμένωTransliteration: paramenō Phonetic Spelling: (par-am-en'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to remain beside or near Meaning: to remain beside or near Strong's Concordance abide, continue. From para and meno; to stay near, i.e. Remain (literally, tarry; or figuratively, be permanent, persevere) -- abide, continue. see GREEK para see GREEK meno see GREEK meno see GREEK para Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3887: παραμένωπαραμένω; future παραμένω; 1 aorist participle παραμείνας; from Homer down; to remain beside, continue always near (cf. παρά, IV. 1): Hebrews 7:23; opposed to ἀπεληλυθεναι, James 1:25 (and continues to do so, not departing till all stains are washed away, cf. James 1:24); with one, πρός τινα, 1 Corinthians 16:6; τίνι (as often in Greek authors), to survive, remain alive (Herodotus 1, 30), Philippians 1:25 L T Tr WH (where Lightfoot: "παραμένω is relative, while μένω is absolute." Compare: συμ(παραμένω.) |