Word Summary
diamenō: to remain, continue
Original Word: διαμένωTransliteration: diamenō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-am-en'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to remain, continue
Meaning: to remain, continue
Strong's Concordance
continue, remain.
From dia and meno; to stay constantly (in being or relation) -- continue, remain.
see GREEK dia
see GREEK meno
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1265: διαμένωδιαμένω; (imperfect
διεμενον); 2 person singular future
διαμένεις (
Hebrews 1:11 Knapp, Bleek, others, for
Rec. (
G L T Tr WH others)
διαμένεις); 1 aorist
διεμεινα; perfect
διαμεμένηκα;
to stay permanently, remain permanently, continue, (cf.
perdure;
διά, C. 2) (
Philo de gigant. § 7
πνεῦμα θεῖον μένειν δυνατόν ἐν ψυχή,
διαμενεῖν δέ ἀδύνατον):
Galatians 2:5; opposed to
ἀπόλλυμαι,
Hebrews 1:11 from
Psalm 101:27 (); with an adjective or adverb added denoting the condition: διεμεινε κωφός, Luke 1:22; οὕτω, as they are, 2 Peter 3:4; to perservere: ἐν τίνι, Luke 22:28. (Xenophon, Plato, and subsequent writings.)