Strong's G2650: καταμένω (kataménō) Meaning

Quick Definition

καταμένω v. I wait, stay, remain, abide

Strong's Definition

to stay fully, i.e. reside

Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G3306 (μένω);

KJV Usage: abide

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

καταμένω (G2650)

verb | μένω

85.55 · Existence in Space · Remain, Stay

to remain, to stay to remain in the same place over a period of time

ACT 1:13

¹ There may be slight nuances of meaning in the various terms in this series, but such distinctions cannot be clearly determined from existing contexts, especially since the prefixes are redundant with other expressions of space.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

καταμένω; to remain permanently, to abide: Act_1:13. (Num_22:8; Jdt_16:20; Aristophanes, Xenophon, Philo de gigant. § 5.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καταμένω katamenō 1x

to remain; to abide, dwell, Acts 1:13*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατα-μένω,

[in LXX for ישׁב (Nu 20:1, al.), etc.;]

to remain permanently, abide: Ac 1:13, I Co 16:6, WH (παραμ-, T, RV).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καταμένω [page 329] Various passages from our sources show that this verb has not necessarily the meaning of remain permanently, abide, ascribed to it by Grimm Thayer. Thus P Fay 24 (A.D. 158) is a declaration by a police officer that he had set up in a certain farmstead the copy of an edict ordering all Strangers who were (temporarily) staying there to return to their own homes .13 ff. περὶ τῶν ἐπιξένων καταμενόντων ἐν τῷ ἐποικίῳ ὥστε αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν ἀνέρχεσθαι . And similarly one of the libelli of the Decian persecution is lodged on behalf of a man belonging to the village, but at the moment residing in another P Ryl II. 112( b ) .5 (A.D. 250) π̣(αρὰ ) Αὐρηλίου Ἀούτεως ἀπὸ κώμης Δίννεως καταμένων ἐν κώμῃ Θεαδελφείᾳ : cf. P Meyer 15 .17 (A.D. 250). On the other hand in P Oxy VIII. 1121 .17 (A.D. 295) Σωτᾶς τις καὶ Παποντῶς καταμένοντες ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ οἰκίᾳ ἔνθα ἡ μήτηρ μου ᾤκει , a certain Sotas and Papontos, who are my neighbours in the same house where my mother lived (Ed.) the verb may point to more settled residence : cf, the complaint in Syll 418 .31 (A.D. 238) οἱ ἐκεῖσε τῆς πανηγύρεως εἵνεκεν ἐπιδημοῦντες ἡμέρας πεντεκαίδεκα ἐν τῷ τόπῷ τῆς πανηγύρεως οὐ καταμένουσιν , ἀλλ᾽ ἀπολιμπάνοντες ἐπέρχονται εἰς τὴν ἡμετέραν κώμην καὶ ἀναγκάζουσιν ἡμᾶς ξενίας αὐτοῖς παρέχειν .

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

καταμένω (katamenō) — to stay. καταμένω, future -μενῶ[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—stay, [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.; ἐνθάδ᾽ αὐτοῦ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; reside, [NT+3rd c.BC+]

2. remain fixed, continue in a state, ἐν τοῖς ὑπηρετικοῖς ὅπλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

κατα-μένω [in LXX for יָשַׁב (Num.20:1, al.), etc. ;] to remain permanently, abide: Act.1:13, 1Co.16:6, WH (παραμ-, T, EV).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

1:13

G2650 καταμένω (kataménō)