For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
μένω
Vocabulary form:
mevnw
Definition:
I remain, live
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: |