Strong's Greek · G1961
G1961 epiménō
ἐπιμένω
ep-ee-men'-o
to remain/keep on
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epiménō appears 16 times in Scripture, including John 8:7 and Acts 12:16. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to stay over, i.e. remain (figuratively, persevere)
In the King James Version
abide (in), continue (in), tarry
Derivation
Appears 16 times in Scripture
“But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.”
“But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,”
“After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.”
“What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?”
“And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.”
“We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.”
“For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.”
“There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.”
“Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.”
“When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
