παραμένω
paramenō · stay, remain with
Greek word · Strong’s number G3887 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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paramenō (παραμένω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “stay, remain with”.
Stay; remain beside someone; also continue.
How to say it
pa·ra·me·nō
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
- To remain a while with someone.
- Not going away: staying in office or alive.
- To hold on to something, keep at it.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- I will stay ×1
- continue ×1
- continuing ×1
- remains in it ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Corinthians 16:6
and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I may go.
- Philippians 1:25
And being confident of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,
- Hebrews 7:23
And they have become priests in great numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing;
- James 1:25
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law, the law of freedom, and remains in it, becoming not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be happy in his doing.