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Lexicon :: Strong's G1696 - emmenō

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ἐμμένω
Transliteration
emmenō (Key)
Pronunciation
em-men'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:576,581

Strong’s Definitions

ἐμμένω emménō, em-men'-o; from G1722 and G3306; to stay in the same place, i.e. (figuratively) persevere:—continue.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1696 in the following manner: continue (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1696 in the following manner: continue (3x).

  1. to remain in, continue

  2. to persevere in anything, a state of mind etc.

  3. to hold fast, to be true to, abide by, keep

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐμμένω emménō, em-men'-o; from G1722 and G3306; to stay in the same place, i.e. (figuratively) persevere:—continue.
STRONGS G1696:
ἐμμένω [Tdf. ἐνμένω, Acts 14:22; see ἐν, III. 3]; 1 aorist ἐνέμεινα; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; (Augustine, immaneo), to remain in, continue;
a. properly, in a place: ἔν τινι, Acts 28:30 T Tr WH.
b. to persevere in anything, a state of mind, etc.; to hold fast, be true to, abide by, keep: τῇ πίστει, Acts 14:22 (νόμῳ, ὅρκοις, etc. in the Greek writings); ἔν τινι (more rarely so in the classics, as ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς, Thucydides 4, 118; ἐν τῇ πίστει, Polybius 3, 70, 4): ἐν [so R G only] τοῖς γεγραμμένοις, Galatians 3:10 from Deuteronomy 27:26; ἐν τῇ διαθήκη, Hebrews 8:9 from Jeremiah 38:32 (Jer. 31:32). [Cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 5.]

Related entry:
[ἐνμένω, see ἐμμένω and under the word ἐν, III. 3.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
27:26
Jeremiah
31:32
Acts
14:22; 14:22; 28:30
Galatians
3:10
Hebrews
8:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1696 matches the Greek ἐμμένω (emmenō),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:19 - God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep to his word?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 - One witness shall not [fn]stand to testify against a man for any iniquity, or for any fault, or for any sin which he may commit; [fn] by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - [fn] Cursed is every man that continues not in all the words of this law to do them: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:7 - thus saith the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10 - And whatsoever counsel ye shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatsoever word ye shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 - [fn]except it also take away your covenant of death, and your trust in Hades shall by no means stand: if the rushing storm should come upon you, ye shall be beaten down by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:18 - And the Lord will again wait, that he may pity you, and will therefore be exalted that he may have mercy upon you: because the Lord your God is a judge: blessed are they that [fn]stay themselves upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - (LXX 38:32) not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took hold of their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; for they abode not in my covenant, and I disregarded them, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 - (LXX 51:25) Thus has the Lord God of Israel said; Ye women have spoken with your mouth, and ye fulfilled it with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her: full well did ye keep to your vows, and ye have indeed performed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - (LXX 51:28) And they that escape the sword shall return to the land of Juda few in number, and the remnant of Juda, who have continued in the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand.
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