Gloss
to stay, remain, live, dwell, abide; to be in a state that begins and continues, yet may or may not end or stop. To abide in Christ is to follow his example of a life obedient to the will of God
Forms of the word
Dictionary
μένω
Greek transliteration
menō
Simplified transliteration
meno
Principal Parts
(ἔμενον), μενῶ, ἔμεινα, μεμένηκα, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
3306
GK Number
3531
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
118
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1c(2)
Definition
pluperfect, memenhvkein, to stay, Mt. 26:38; Acts 27:31; to continue; 1 Cor. 7:11; 2 Tim. 2:13; to dwell, lodge, sojourn, Jn. 1:39; Acts 9:43; to remain, Jn. 9:41; to rest, settle, Jn. 1:32, 33; 3:36; to last, endure, Mt. 11:23; Jn. 6:27; 1 Cor. 3:14; to survive, 1 Cor. 15:6; to be existent, 1 Cor. 13:13; to continue unchanged, Rom. 9:11; to be permanent, Jn. 15:16; 2 Cor. 3:11; Heb. 10:34; 13:14; 1 Pet. 1:23; to persevere, be constant, be steadfast, 1 Tim. 2:15; 2 Tim. 3:14; to abide, to be in close and settled union, Jn. 6:56; 14:10; 15:4; to indwell, Jn. 5:38; 1 Jn. 2:14; trans. to wait for, Acts 20:5, 23
Greek-English Concordance for μένω
| Hebrews 10:34 | for in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and with joy accepted the confiscation of your belongings, since you knew that you yourselves had a better and lasting (menousan | μένουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem) possession. |
| Hebrews 12:27 | The phrase, “Yet once more,” declares the removal of what can be shaken — that is, created things — so that what cannot be shaken may remain (meinē | μείνῃ | aor act subj 3 sg). |
| Hebrews 13:1 | Brotherly love must continue (menetō | μενέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg). |
| Hebrews 13:14 | For here we have no permanent (menousan | μένουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem) city, but we are looking forward to the city that is to come. |
| 1 Peter 1:23 | for you have been born again not of perishable seed but of imperishable, by means of the living and enduring (menontos | μένοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) word of God. |
| 1 Peter 1:25 | but the word of the Lord endures (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you. |
| 1 John 2:6 | the one who claims to (menein | μένειν | pres act inf ) abide (menein | μένειν | pres act inf ) in God ought to walk just as Jesus walked. |
| 1 John 2:10 | The one who loves his brother is (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) living (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in the light and in him there is no cause for stumbling. |
| 1 John 2:14 | I have written to you, my children, because you know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in you, and you have overcome the evil one. |
| 1 John 2:17 | The world is passing away with all its desires, but the one who does the will of God remains (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) forever. |
| 1 John 2:19 | They went out from us but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued (memenēkeisan | μεμενήκεισαν | pluperf act ind 3 pl) with us. But they went out from us that it might become plain that none of them are of us. |
| 1 John 2:24 | Let (menetō | μενέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) what you heard from the beginning abide (menetō | μενέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides (meinē | μείνῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) in you, then you will (meneite | μενεῖτε | fut act ind 2 pl) abide (meneite | μενεῖτε | fut act ind 2 pl) in the Son and in the Father. |
| 1 John 2:27 | But the anointing you received from him abides (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in you, and you have no need that anyone teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and not a lie, just as it has taught you, abide (menete | μένετε | pres act ind 2 pl) in him. |
| 1 John 2:28 | And now, dear children, abide (menete | μένετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be put to shame in his presence when he comes. |
| 1 John 3:6 | No one who abides (menōn | μένων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) in him keeps on sinning; no one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. |
| 1 John 3:9 | No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, because God’s seed abides (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in him. He cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. |
| 1 John 3:14 | We know that we have crossed over from death to life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love remains (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in the realm of death. |
| 1 John 3:15 | Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding (menousan | μένουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem) in him. |
| 1 John 3:17 | But whoever has this world’s resources and sees his fellow Christian in need yet closes his heart against him, how does (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) the love of God abide (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in him? |
| 1 John 3:24 | And the one who keeps his commandments resides (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in us: by the Spirit whom he has given to us. |
| 1 John 4:12 | No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in us, and his love has achieved its goal in us. |
| 1 John 4:13 | By this we know that we (menomen | μένομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) abide (menomen | μένομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) in God and he in us: because he has given us of his Spirit. |
| 1 John 4:15 | If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in him and he in God. |
| 1 John 4:16 | And we have come to know and to trust the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides (menōn | μένων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) in love abides (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in God, and God abides (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) in him. |
| 2 John 1:2 | because of the truth that abides (menousan | μένουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem) in us and will be with us forever: |
