Quick Definition
ἐπιμένω v. I remain, tarry, persist in
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and 3306; to stay over, i.e. remain (figuratively, persevere)
KJV Usage: abide (in), continue (in), tarry
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἐπέμεινα · inf. ἐπιμεῖναι | μένω
85.55 · Existence in Space · Remain, Stay
to remain, to stay to remain in the same place over a period of time
ACT 10:48 · ACT 21:4 · ACT 21:10 · ACT 28:12 · ACT 28:14 · 1CO 16:7 · 1CO 16:8 · GAL 1:18
68.11 · Aspect · Continue
to continue, to remain in, to keep on to continue in an activity or state It is also possible to understand ἐπιμένω in JHN 8:7 as continuing in a place (see ἐπιμένω[a], 85.55), and therefore one may translate ‘as they stood there.’
JHN 8:7 · ACT 12:16 · ROM 6:1 · ROM 11:22 · ROM 11:23 · PHP 1:24 · COL 1:23 · 1TI 4:16
1 There may be slight nuances of meaning in the various terms in this series, but such distinctions cannot be clearly determined from existing contexts, especially since the prefixes are redundant with other expressions of space.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-μένω ; [impf. ἐπέμενον] ; fut. ἐπιμενῶ; 1 aor. ἐπέpewa; to stay αἱ or with; to tarry still; still to abide, to continue, remain; a. prop. of tarrying in a place: ἐν ᾿Εφέσῳ. 1 Co. xvi. 8; ἐν τῇ σαρκί, to live still longer on earth, Phil. i. 24 (G T WH om. ἐν); αὐτοῦ, there, Acts xv. 34 [Rec.]; xxi. 4 [Lehm. αὐτοῖς 1; with dat. of thing: τῇ σαρκί, to abide as it were a captive to life on earth, Phil. i. 24 GT WH; ἐπί τινι, with one, Acts xxviii. 14 [LT Tr WH παρ᾽]; πρός τινα, with one, 1 Co. xvi. 7; Gal. i. 18; with specification of time how long: Acts x. 48; xxi. 4, 10; xxviii. 12,14; 1 Co.xvi. 7. b. trop. to persevere, continue; with dat. of the thing continued in [ef. Win. De verb. comp. ete. Pt. ii. p.10 sq.] : τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, Ro. vi. 1; τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ, Ro. xi. 23; τῇ πίστει, Col. 1. 23; in the work of teaching, 1 Tim. iv. 16 (τῷ μὴ ἀδικεῖν, Xen. oec. 14, 7; τῇ μνηστείᾳ, ΔΕ]. ν. ἢ. 10,15); with dat. of the blessing for which one keeps himself fit: τῇ χάριτι, Acts xiii. 43 Ree.; τῇ χρηστότητι, Ro. xi. 22; with a ptep. denoting the action persisted in: Jn. viii. 7 Rec.; Acts xii. 16; cf. B. 299 sq. (257); [W. § 54, 4].* \ > ΄ επινευὼω
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιμένω epimenō 16x
to stay longer, prolong a stay, remain on, Acts 10:48; 15:34; to continue, persevere, Jn. 8:7; Acts 12:16; to adhere to, continue to embrace, Acts 13:43; Rom. 11:22; to persist in, Rom. 6:1; 1 Cor. 16:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-μένω
[in LXX: Ex 12:39 (מָהַהּ hith.)* ;]
to stay on, tarry or abide still: seq. έν, I Co 16:8; αὐτοῦ, there, Ac 15:34 (WH, txt., RV, txt., omit) 21:4; c. dat., τ. σαρκί, Phl 1:24; seq. παρά, c. dat. pers., Ac 28:14; πρός, c. acc pers., I Co 16:7, Ga 1:18; c. acc temp., Ac 10:48 21:4, 10 28:12, 14, I Co 16:7. Metaph., to continue in a pursuit or state: c. dat., τ. ἀμαρτίᾳ, Ro 6:1; τ. ὰπιστίᾳ, 11:23; τ. πίστει, Col 1:23; αὐτοῖς (v. CGT, in l), I Ti 4:16; τ. χρηστότητι, Ro 11:22; c. ptcp. (cf. Bl., § 73, 4; 76, 2), Jo 8:7, Ac 12:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιμένω. For ἐ. ‘remain ”’ in a place, as in Ac τοῦδ, 1 Cor 167f, cf. P Lond 8971} (Α.Ὁ. 84) (= III. p. 207) κέκρικα yap νὴ τοὺς θεοὺς ἐν ᾿Αλεξανδρείᾳ ἐπιμένειν, P Fay 296 (A.D. 113) πρὸς τὸ δύνασθαί pe ἐπιμένιν ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ διευθύνων τὰ δημόσια. The construction with the dative is found in P Ryl IT. 1533 (A.D. 138-61) τῷ αὐ]τῴ ἀπελευθέρῳ] . . . w ἐπιμ[έϊνοντι ὡς προγέγραπται τῇ πατρίδι μου : cf. 25. 239° (mid. iii/A.D.) ἐπίμινον τοῖς ἐκεῖ, “‘stay on for the men there,” PSI III. | 15876 (iii/A.p. ?) a planetary configuration makes men ἐπιψόγους μὴ ἐπιμένοντας μιᾷ γυναικί (the opposite of **love one only and cleave to her.’’). For the tropical use, as in Rom 6}, cf. P Oxy 11. 237% 38 (a.p, 186) ἐπιμένει τῇ αὐτῇ ἀπονοίᾳ ἐνυβρίζων por, P Tebt 11. 4244 (late iii/a Ὁ.) εἰ μὲν ἔπιμένις Tov τῇ ἀπονοίᾳ, συνχέρω σοι, ‘if you persist in your folly, I congratulate you’’ (Edd.), and with [Jn] 87 ἐπέμενον ἐρωτῶντες cf. the late P Oxy I. 128? (vi/vii A.D.) ἐπιμένει yap λέγων μὴ δύνασθαι ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον κοπωθῆναι, ‘the insists that he is unable to bear such a strain ᾿᾿ (Edd.). See also Menandyea p. 3°° ἐπιμένει τὸ χρέος ἀπεργαζόμενος, “*he stays on to work off the debt.” | ψοιῶν,. > , επιουσιος
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιμένω (epimenō) — to remain/keep on. ἐπιμένω, stay on, tarry, absolutely, [Refs]; ἐπιμεῖναι ἐς αὔριον 11.351; ἄγε νῦν ἐπίμεινον, Ἀρήϊα τεύχεα δύω do you wait, and I will put on my armour, [Refs 8th c.BC+], remain in a place, ἐ. ἐν τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.75, etc.; ἐπί τῇ στρατιᾷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.2.1.
2. absolutely, remain in place, continue as they are, of things, [Refs]; keep one's seat, of a horseman, [Refs]; stay behind in a place, [Refs]
3. continue in a pursuit, ἐπὶ τῇ ζητήσει, ἐπὶ λόγῳ, [Refs]; ἐπὶ τοῖς δοξαζομένοις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; c.dative, persist in, τῇ ἀπονοία “PTeb.” 424.4 [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; continue treatment, ἐ.βοηθήματι Herod.middle in [Refs]; cleave to, μιᾷ γυναικί “PSI” 3.158.26 [Refs 3rd c.AD+]participle, ἐ. ἐπὶ τῶν ἵππων ὀρθὸς ἑστηκώς [NT]; spend time over, ὑποδείγμασι 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “Synt.” 166.14.
4. abide by, ταῖς σπονδαῖς uncertain reading in [Refs]
5. endure, τοῖς συμβεβηκόσι 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.3.
II. with accusative, await, be in store for, τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 624 (Lyric poetry), variant in[Refs]: with aorist infinitive, ἐ. τι τελεσθῆναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.2; μὴ 'πιμεῖναι τοὐμὸν ὀξῦναι στόμα not to wait so as to.., [Refs]: with future infinitive, [Refs]