Greek

To stay

μένωStrong’s G3306

menō

Appears in 103 verses of the New Testament

In short

Menō is the Greek word usually translated “abides”, “abiding” and “do remain”. It appears in 103 verses of the New Testament.

“Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”

1 Timothy 2:15 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “abides”, “abiding” and “do remain”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

abides 19
abiding 12
do remain 7
do abide 5
shall abide 4
to remain 4
it remained 3
to abide 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

John 33
1 John 18
Acts 13
1 Corinthians 8
Luke 6
Hebrews 6

16 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

All 103 verses, by book

Matthew 3: 10:11 11:23 26:38
Mark 2: 6:10 14:34
Luke 6: 1:56 8:27 9:4 10:7 19:5 24:29
John 33: 1:32 1:33 1:38 1:39 2:12 3:36 4:40 5:38 6:27 6:56 7:9 8:31 8:35 9:41 10:40 11:6 11:54 12:24 12:34 12:46 14:10 14:17 14:25 15:4 15:5 15:6 15:7 15:9 15:10 15:16 19:31 21:22 21:23
Acts 13: 5:4 9:43 16:15 18:3 18:20 20:5 20:15 20:23 21:7 21:8 27:31 27:41 28:16
Romans 1: 9:11
1 Corinthians 8: 3:14 7:8 7:11 7:20 7:24 7:40 13:13 15:6
2 Corinthians 3: 3:11 3:14 9:9
Philippians 1: 1:25
1 Timothy 1: 2:15
2 Timothy 3: 2:13 3:14 4:20
Hebrews 6: 7:3 7:24 10:34 12:27 13:1 13:14
1 Peter 2: 1:23 1:25
1 John 18: 2:6 2:10 2:14 2:17 2:19 2:24 2:27 2:28 3:6 3:9 3:14 3:15 3:17 3:24 4:12 4:13 4:15 4:16
2 John 2: 1:2 1:9
Revelation 1: 17:10

Greek dictionary

μένω menō · to stay

μένω, [in LXX for קוּם ,עמד, etc. ;] to stay, abide, remain. 1. Intrans.; (i) of place: before ἐν, Luk.8:27, al.; παρά, with dative of person(s), Jhn.1:40, al; σύν, Luk.1:56; καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν, Act.28:16; with adv., ἐκεῖ, Mat.10:11; ὧδε, Mat.26:38; metaphorically, 1Jn.2:18; of the Holy Spirit, Jhn.1:32, 33 14:17; of Christ, Jhn.6:56 15:4, al.; ὁ θεός, 1Jn.4:15, conversely, of Christians, Jhn.6:56 15:4, 1Jn.4:15, al.; ὁ λόγος τ. θεοῦ, 1Jn.2:14; ἡ ἀλήθεια, II Jo 2, al. (ii) Of time; …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “stay” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

STAY, verb intransitive

preterit tense staid, for stayed. [Latin, to stand.]

To remain; to continue in a place; to abide for any indefinite time.
To continue in a state.
To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.“Would ye stay for them from having husbands?” Ruth 1:13
To stop; to stand still.

All definitions and other forms of “stay”

To dwell.
To rest; to rely; to confide in; to trust.“Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression, and stay thereon--” Isaiah 30:12

STAY, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive staid, for stayed.

To stop; to hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain.
To delay; to obstruct; to hinder from proceeding.
To keep from departure; as, you might have staid me here.
To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to hold up; to support.“Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands” Exodus 17:12
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; as, to take a luncheon to stay the stomach.

STAY, noun

Continuance in a place; abode for a time indefinite; as, you make a short stay in this city.
Stand; stop; cessation of motion or progression.
Stop; obstruction; hinderance from progress.
Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
A fixed state.
Prop; support.
Steadiness of conduct.
In the rigging of a ship, a large strong rope employed to support the mast, by being extended from its upper end to the stem of the ship.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.