King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4357
Transliteration: prosmenō
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-men'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to wait longer
Meaning: to wait longer
προσμένω; 1 aorist participle προσμείνας, infinitive προσμεῖναι; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;
Word Summary
prosmenō: to wait longer
Original Word: προσμένωTransliteration: prosmenō
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-men'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to wait longer
Meaning: to wait longer
Strong's Concordance
remain, abide still, continue with. From pros and meno; to stay further, i.e. Remain in a place, with a person; figuratively, to adhere to, persevere in -- abide still, be with, cleave unto, continue in (with).
see GREEK pros
see GREEK meno
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4357: προσμένωπροσμένω; 1 aorist participle προσμείνας, infinitive προσμεῖναι; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;
a. to remain with (see πρός, IV. 3): with a dative of the person to continue with one, Matthew 15:32; Mark 8:2 (here L WH marginal reading omit; Tr brackets the dative); τῷ κυρίῳ, to be steadfastly devoted to (A. V. cleave unto) the Lord, Acts 11:23 (Wis. 3:9; Josephus, Antiquities 14, 2, 1); τῇ χάριτι τοῦ Θεοῦ, to hold fast to (A. V. continue in) the grace of God received in the gospel, Acts 13:43 G L T Tr WH; δεήσεσι καί προσευχαῖς (A. V. to continue in supplications and prayers), 1 Timothy 5:5.
b. to remain still (cf. πρός, IV. 2), stay, tarry: Acts 18:18; followed by ἐν with a dative of place, 1 Timothy 1:3.