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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 - God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 - One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - “Cursed is anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:7 - Yet this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘It will not take place, it will not happen,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10 - Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 - Your covenant with death will be annulled; your agreement with the realm of the dead will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be beaten down by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:18 - Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to[fn] them,[fn]”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - Those who escape the sword and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few. Then the whole remnant of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand—mine or theirs.
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