Strong’s G3887 · Greek
παραμένω
paraménō · par-am-en'-o
Origin from παρά (G3844) and μένω (G3306);
Meaning to stay near, i.e. remain (literally, tarry; or figuratively, be permanent, persevere)
In the King James Version abide, continue.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Corinthians 16:6And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
- Hebrews 7:23And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
- James 1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.