For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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μένω
Vocabulary form:
mevnw
Definition:
I remain, live
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
118
GK:
3531
Root:
men
Forms:
(e[menon), menw:, e[meina, memevnhka, -, -
Mnemonics:
Re-main
Biblical Concordance
| Acts 20:23 | except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me, saying that in every city imprisonment and persecutions are (menousin | μένουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) waiting (menousin | μένουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) for (menousin | μένουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) me. |
| Acts 21:7 | And having completed the voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and we (emeinamen | ἐμείναμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) greeted the brothers and stayed (emeinamen | ἐμείναμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) one day with them. |
| Acts 21:8 | On the next day we departed and went to Caesarea. There we (emeinamen | ἐμείναμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) went into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed (emeinamen | ἐμείναμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) with him. |
| Acts 27:31 | Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “If these men do (meinōsin | μείνωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) not remain (meinōsin | μείνωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) in the ship, you cannot be saved.” |
| Acts 27:41 | But caught in some crosscurrents, they ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained (emeinen | ἔμεινεν | aor act ind 3 sg) immovable, but the stern began to break up by the force of the waves. |
| Acts 28:16 | And when we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay (menein | μένειν | pres act inf ) by himself, with a soldier guarding him. |
| Romans 9:11 | even before they were born or had done anything either good or bad so that God’s purpose according to election might stand (menē | μένῃ | pres act subj 3 sg), |
| 1 Corinthians 3:14 | If the work that someone has built on it remains (menei | μενεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg), he will receive a reward. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:8 | Now to the unmarried and to the widows I say that it is good for them to remain (meinōsin | μείνωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) single, as I am. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:11 | (however if she does, let her remain (menetō | μενέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:20 | Let (menetō | μενέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) each person continue (menetō | μενέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) in that condition in which he was called. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:24 | Each one in the condition in which he was called, brothers, in that condition let him remain (menetō | μενέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) with God. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:40 | But in my opinion she will be happier if she (meinē | μείνῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) remains (meinē | μείνῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) as she is. And I believe that I too have the Spirit of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 13:13 | And now remain (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) faith, hope, and love; these three. And the greatest of these is love. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:6 | Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living (menousin | μένουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), although some have fallen asleep. |
| 2 Corinthians 3:11 | For if what was fading away came with glory, how much more will that which is permanent (menon | μένον | pres act ptcp nom sg neut) be filled with glory. |
| 2 Corinthians 3:14 | But their minds were closed. For until the present day the same veil remains (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) at the reading of the old covenant. Since the veil is not removed, it is clear that only in Christ is it taken away. |
| 2 Corinthians 9:9 | As it is written, “He has distributed generously, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) forever.” |
| Philippians 1:25 | So, convinced of this, I know that I will remain (menō | μενῶ | fut act ind 1 sg), and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, |
| 1 Timothy 2:15 | but she will be saved through childbearing, if they remain (meinōsin | μείνωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) in faith and love and holiness, with modesty. |
| 2 Timothy 2:13 | If we are faithless, he remains (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) faithful, for he is unable to deny himself.” |
| 2 Timothy 3:14 | But you, remain (mene | μένε | pres act imperative 2 sg) in what you have learned and have been convinced of, knowing from whom you learned |
| 2 Timothy 4:20 | Erastus remained (emeinen | ἔμεινεν | aor act ind 3 sg) in Corinth, and I left Trophimus behind in Miletus because he was sick. |
| Hebrews 7:3 | He is without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life; but like the Son of God he continues (menei | μένει | pres act ind 3 sg) a priest for all time. |
| Hebrews 7:24 | but on the other hand, Jesus, because he remains (menein | μένειν | pres act inf ) forever, has a priesthood that is permanent. |
| 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: |
Mnemonics
Similar to the Latin
Similar to the Latin etymology of "permanent", meaning "remaining or lasting to the end"
Saved μένω that mankind will
Saved μένω that mankind will LIVE and REMAIN eternally with God through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.