To continue
παραμένωStrong’s G3887paramenō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Paramenō is the Greek word usually translated “continue”, “continuing” and “having continued in”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.”
Meaning
Usually translated “continue”, “continuing” and “having continued in”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i will continue 1
- will continue 1
- continuing 1
- having continued in 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Philippians 1
- Hebrews 1
- James 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Philippians 1:25And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
- Hebrews 7:23And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
- James 1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Greek dictionary
παραμένω paramenō · to continue
παρα-μένω [in LXX: Pro.12:7, Da TH Dan.11:17 (עָמַד), etc. ;] to remain beside or near: Heb.7:23, Jas.1:25; of remaining alive, 1Co.16:6 (WH, κατα-), Php.1:25 (cf. συμ-παραμένω).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “continue” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONTINUE, verb intransitive
[Latin, to hold. See Tenet.]
- To remain in a state, or place; to abide for any time indefinitely.“The multitude continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat” Matthew 15:32
- To last; to be durable; to endure; to be permanent.“Thy kingdom shall not continue” 1 Samuel 13:14
- To persevere; to be steadfast or constant in any course.“If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed” John 8:31
All definitions and other forms of “continue”
CONTINUE, verb transitive
- To protract; not to cease from or to terminate.
- To extend from one thing to another; to produce or draw out in length. continue the line from A to B.
- To persevere in; not to cease to do or use; as, to continue the same diet.
- To hold to or unite. [Not used.]
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.