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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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Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed.
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