menō · remain

What it means

menō (μένω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “remain”.

Stay, remain.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
2. To stay joined to someone: "abide in me".
3. To wait for someone.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

To stay, to remain; to continue in a place, in a relationship or in time. Abbott-Smith: to stay; to dwell; to remain. Of the same family are μονή, “dwelling place”, and ὑπομένω, “to endure”.

• “Where are you staying?” John 1:38
• “Stay with us” Luke 24:29Luke 10:7
• “Remain in me”: the vine John 15:4John 15:5
• “Whoever remains in love remains in God” 1 John 4:16
• “But now remain faith, hope, love” 1 Corinthians 13:13
• “A city that remains” Hebrews 13:14

How we translate it

“Remain” 40 times, “remains” 40, “stay” 10, “remained” 7, “stayed” 7… This edition's glossary sets ménō = “remain” and admits “stay” or “live” of lodging; so in travel narratives it is “stay”, and in John 15 and 1 John, “remain”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• remain ×40
• remains ×40
• stay ×10
• remained ×7
• stayed ×7
• he stayed ×4
• remaining ×4
• are you staying ×1
• await ×1
• he was staying ×1
• others ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×2
• Luke×7
• John×40
• Acts×13
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×8
• 2 Corinthians×3
• Philippians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×3
• Hebrews×6
• 1 Peter×2
• 1 John×24
• 2 John×3
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 10:11

  And whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave.

• Matthew 11:23

  And you, Capernaum, you will not be exalted to heaven, will you? To Hades you will go down; for if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

• Matthew 26:38

  Then he says to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with me.”

• Mark 6:10

  And he was saying to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you leave from there.

• Mark 14:34

  And he says to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.”

• Luke 1:56

  And Mary stayed with her about three months and returned to her home.

• Luke 8:27

  And when he stepped out onto the land, a certain man from the town who had demons met him; and for a long time he had not worn clothing, and he was not living in a house but in the tombs.

• Luke 9:4

  And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.

• Luke 10:7

  And remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things offered by them; for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.

• Luke 19:5

  And when he came to the place, Jesus looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

• Luke 24:29

  And they urged him, saying, “Stay with us, because it is toward evening and the day is already far spent.” And he went in to stay with them.

• John 1:32

  And John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and he remained on him.

• John 1:33

  And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to immerse in water, he said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who immerses in the Holy Spirit.’

• John 1:38

  And Jesus turned, and seeing them following, he says to them, “What are you looking for?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which, translated, means Teacher), “where are you staying?”

• John 1:39

  He says to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

• John 2:12

  After this he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there not many days.

• John 3:36

  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

• John 4:40

  So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.

• John 5:38

  and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

• John 6:27

  Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for on him the Father, God, has set his seal.”

• John 6:56

  Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

• John 7:9

  Having said these things to them, he remained in Galilee.

• John 8:31

  So Jesus was saying to the Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, you are truly my disciples,

• John 8:35

  And the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever.

• John 9:41

  Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin; but now you say, ‘We see’; your sin remains.”

• John 10:40

  And he went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been immersing at first, and he stayed there.

• John 11:6

  So when he heard that he was sick, he then stayed two days in the place where he was.

• John 11:54

  So Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

• John 12:24

  Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

• John 12:34

  So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah remains forever. And how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”

• John 12:46

  I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

• John 14:10

  Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who remains in me does his works.

• John 14:17

  the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him nor know him. You know him, because he remains with you and will be in you.

• John 14:25

  I have spoken these things to you while remaining with you.

• John 15:4

  Remain in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

• John 15:5

  I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him, he bears much fruit, because without me you can do nothing.

• John 15:6

  If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like the branch and withers; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

• John 15:7

  If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

• John 15:9

  As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain in my love.

• John 15:10

  If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

And 78 more times.