ἐμμένω (Tdf. ἐνμένω, Act_14:22; see ἐν, III. 3); 1 aorist ἐνεμεινα; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; (Augustine,immaneo), to remain in, continue; a. properly, in a place: ἐν τίνι, Act_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, Act_14:22 (νόμῳ, ὅρκοις, etc. in the Greek writings); ἐν τίνι (more rarely so in the classics, as ἐν ταῖς σπονδαις, Thucydides 4, 118; ἐν τῇ πίστει, Polybius 3, 70, 4): ἐν (so R G only) τοῖς γεγραμμένοις, Gal_3:10 from Deu_27:26; ἐν τῇ διαθήκη, Heb_8:9 from Jeremiah 38:32 (). (Cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 5.) STRONGS NT 1696a: ἐμμέσῳἐμμέσῳ, equivalent to ἐν μέσῳ (see μέσος, 2): Rev_1:13; Rev_2:1; Rev_4:6; Rev_5:6; Rev_22:2, in Tdf. edition 7; (see his Proleg., p. xlviii. (but nowhere in edition 8, see the Proleg., p. 76f); cf. WHs Appendix, p. 150; B. 8).

ἐμμένω emmenō 4x pr. to remain in a place; met. to abide by, to continue firm in, persevere in, Act_14:22 ; Act_28:30 ; Gal_3:10 ; Heb_8:9

ἐμμένω , [in LXX chiefly for H6965 ;] 1. to abide in: Act_28:30 . 2. to abide by, be true to: seq . ἐν ; τ . πίστει , Act_14:22 ; τ . διαθήκῃ , Heb_8:9 ( LXX ); c . dat ., τ . γεγραμμένοις ( dat . ptcp . as in legal formula; cf. Deiss., BS , 248; MM , Exp., xii): Gal_3:10 ( LXX ).†

ἐμμένω [page 206] For the legal formula ἐμμένω with or without ἐν followed by the dat. of a participle, of which apparently we have a reminiscence in Gal_3:10 , cf. P Tor II. 8 .31 (ii/B.C.) ἐμμένειν δὲ ἀμφοτέρους ἐν τοῖς πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς διωμολογημένοις , P Oxy I. 38 .16 (A.D. 49 50) (= Selections , p. 53) τοῦ δὲ Σύρου μὴ βουλομένου ἐνμεῖναι τοῖς κεκριμένοις , Syrus, however, refuses to comply with the judgment, BGU II. 600 .6 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐνμένω πᾶσι ταῖς προγεγραμέν [α ]ις [ἐν ]τολαῖς , and, as showing its persistence, the late P Flor I. 93 .29 (a deed of divorce A.D. 569) ἄκοντα ἐμμεῖναι πᾶσι τοῖς προγεγραμμένοις . The dat., as in Act_14:22 , is found also in Syll 879 .20 (end of iii/B.C.) ἐπεύχεσθαι τοῖς ἐμμένουσιν καὶ ταῖς πειθομέναις τῶιδε τῶι νόμωι εὖ εἶναι , and in the much later P Oxy I. 138 .36 (A.D. 610 1) τούτοις ἐμμένειν , ταῦτα διαφυλάττειν , abide by these conditions and observe them. See also P Tebt II. 382 .22 (B.C. 30 A.D. 1) ὀμνύο Καίσαραν θεοῦ υἱὸν Αὐτοκράτορα εἶ μὴν ἐμμενεῖν καὶ ποιήσειν πάντ [α κτλ ., will truly abide by and perform all etc., P Oxy III. 494 .28 (A.D. 156) τὸν ] δὲ παραβησόμενον ἐκτίνειν τῷ ἐμμένοντι τό τε βλάβος καὶ ἐπίτειμον ἀργυρίου τάλαντα δύο , and that he who shall transgress [the terms of a will] shall forfeit to the party abiding by it the damages and a fine of two talents of silver, and so P Flor I. 51 .23 (A.D. 138 61). Cf. Deissmann BS , p. 248 f., Berger Strafklauseln , p. 3.

ἐμμένω fut. -μενῶ [Etym: ἐν] "to abide in" a place, Thuc. "to abide by, stand by, cleave to, be true to" one's word, oath, etc., c. dat., Hdt. , attic: also, ἐμμ. ἐν σπονδαῖς Thuc. :—absol. "to stand fast, be faithful", Eur. of things, "to stand fast, hold good, be fixed", Aesch. , etc.

ἐμμένω [in LXX chiefly for קוּם ;] __1. to abide in: Act.28:30. __2. to abide by, be true to: before ἐν; τ. πίστει, Act.14:22; τ. διαθήκῃ, Heb.8:9 (LXX); with dative, τ. γεγραμμένοις (dative ptcp. as in legal formula; cf. Deiss., BS, 248; MM, Exp., xii): Gal.3:10 (LXX).† (AS)