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To remain

περιλείπομαιStrong’s G4035

perileipomai

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Perileipomai is the Greek word usually translated “are remaining” and “remaining”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.”
1 Thessalonians 4:15 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “are remaining” and “remaining”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • are remaining 1
  • remaining 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 1 Thessalonians 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

περιλείπομαι perileipomai · to remain

περι-λείπομαι depon. mid, and pass., [in LXX: 2Ch.34:21 A (שָׁאַר ni.), 2Ma.1:31 2Mac 8:14, 4Ma.12:6 4Mac 13:18 * ;] to be left remaining, remain over, survive: 1Th.4:15 4:17† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

REMA'IN, verb intransitive

[Latin remaneo; re and maneo, Gr.]

  1. To continue; to rest or abide in a place for a time indefinite.“Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown” Genesis 38:11
  2. To be left after others have withdrawn; to rest or abide in the same place when others remove, or are lost, destroyed or taken away.“Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark” Genesis 7:23
  3. To be left after a part or others have past.
  4. To continue unchanged, or in a particular state.
All definitions and other forms of “remain”
  1. Not to be lost; not to escape; not to be forgotten.
  2. To be left, out of a greater number or quantity.“That which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept till the morning” Exodus 16:23
  3. To be left as not included or comprised.
  4. To continue in the same state.

REMA'IN, verb transitive

To await; to be left to; as, the easier conquest now remains thee. [This is elliptical for remains to thee. remain is not properly a transitive verb.]

    REMA'IN, noun

    That which is left; a corpse; also, abode. [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.