μένω

μένω,

[in LXX for קוּם ,עמד, etc. ;]

to stay, abide, remain.

1. Intrans.;

(i) of place: before ἐν, Luk 8,27, al.; παρά, with dative of person(s), Joh 1,40, al; σύν, Luk 1,56 καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν, ApG 28,16 with adv., ἐκεῖ, Matt 10,11 ὧδε, Matt 26,38 metaphorically, 1 Joh 2,18 of the Holy Spirit, Joh 1,32, 33; 14,17; of Christ, Joh 6,56; 15,4, al.; ὁ θεός, 1 Joh 4,15, conversely, of Christians, Joh 6,56; 15,4, 1 Joh 4,15, al.; ὁ λόγος τ. θεοῦ, 1 Joh 2,14 ἡ ἀλήθεια, 2 Joh 2, al.

(ii) Of time;

(a) of persons: Fil 1,25 before εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Joh 12,34, Hebr 7,24, 1 Joh 2,17; ὀλίγον, Åb 17,10 ἕως ἔρχομαι, Joh 21,22, 23;

(b) of things, lasting or enduring: cities, Matt 11,23, Hebr 13,14; λόγος θεοῦ, 1 Pet 1,23 ἁμαρτία, Joh 9,41,

(iii) Of condition: with pred., μόνος, Joh 12,24 ἄγαμος, 1 Kor 7,11 πιστός, 2 Tim 2,13 ἱερεύς, Hebr 7,3 with adv., οὕτως, 1 Kor 7,40 ὡς κἀγώ, ib. 8; before ἐν, ib. 20, 24.

2. Trans. (Bl., §34, 1; Field, Notes, 132): with accusative of person(s), ApG 20,5, 23 (cf. ἀνα-, δια-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, περι-, προσ-, ὑπο-μένω).