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Strong's numbers

μένω (G3306)

ménō

men'-o

a primary verb; to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy):--abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), X thine own.

Abbott–Smith

μένω, [in LXX for עמד, קוּם etc.;]
to stay, abide, remain.
1. Intrans.;
(i) of place: seq. ἐν, Lk 8:27, al.; παρά, c. dat. pers., Jo 1:40, al; σύν, Lk 1:56; καθ’ ἑαυτόν, Ac 28:16; c. adv., ἐκεῖ, Mt 10:11; ὧδε, Mt 26:38; metaph., I Jo 2:18; of the Holy Spirit, Jo 1:32, 33 14:17; of Christ, Jo 6:56 15:4, al.; ὁ θεός, I Jo 4:15, conversely, of Christians, Jo 6:56 15:4, I Jo 4:15, al.; ὁ λόγος τ. θεοῦ, I Jo 2:14; ἡ ἀλήθεια, II Jo 2, al.
(ii) Of time;
(a) of persons: Phl 1:25; seq. εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Jo 12:34, He 7:24, I Jo 2:17; ὀλίγον, Re 17:10; ἕως ἔρχομαι, Jo 21:22, 23;
(b) of things, lasting or enduring: cities, Mt 11:23, He 13:14; λόγος θεοῦ, I Pe 1:23; ἁμαρτία, Jo 9:41.
(iii) Of condition: c. pred., μόνος, Jo 12:24; ἄγαμος, I Co 7:11; πιστός, II Ti 2:13; ἱερεύς, He 7:3; c. adv., οὕτως, I Co 7:40; ὡς κἀγώ, I Co 7:8; seq. ἐν, 1 Co 7:20, 24.
2. Trans. (Bl., §34, 1; Field, Notes, 132): c. acc. pers., Ac 20:5, 23 (cf. ἀνα-, δια-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-, συν-παρα-, περι-, προσ-, ὑπο-μένω).

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.

105 occurrences

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:14
    If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:8
    I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:11
    But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:20
    Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:24
    Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:40
    But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
  • 1 Corinthians 13:13
    And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:6
    After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:11
    For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:14
    But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.