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Lexicon :: Strong's G1696 - emmenō

Aa
ἐμμένω
Transliteration
emmenō (Key)
Pronunciation
em-men'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:576,581

Strong’s Definitions

ἐμμένω emménō, em-men'-o; from G1722 and G3306; to stay in the same place, i.e. (figuratively) persevere:—continue.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1696 in the following manner: continue (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1696 in the following manner: continue (3x).

  1. to remain in, continue

  2. to persevere in anything, a state of mind etc.

  3. to hold fast, to be true to, abide by, keep

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐμμένω emménō, em-men'-o; from G1722 and G3306; to stay in the same place, i.e. (figuratively) persevere:—continue.
STRONGS G1696:
ἐμμένω [Tdf. ἐνμένω, Acts 14:22; see ἐν, III. 3]; 1 aorist ἐνέμεινα; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; (Augustine, immaneo), to remain in, continue;
a. properly, in a place: ἔν τινι, Acts 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, Acts 14:22 (νόμῳ, ὅρκοις, etc. in the Greek writings); ἔν τινι (more rarely so in the classics, as ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς, Thucydides 4, 118; ἐν τῇ πίστει, Polybius 3, 70, 4): ἐν [so R G only] τοῖς γεγραμμένοις, Galatians 3:10 from Deuteronomy 27:26; ἐν τῇ διαθήκη, Hebrews 8:9 from Jeremiah 38:32 (Jer. 31:32). [Cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 5.]

Related entry:
[ἐνμένω, see ἐμμένω and under the word ἐν, III. 3.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
27:26
Jeremiah
31:32
Acts
14:22; 14:22; 28:30
Galatians
3:10
Hebrews
8:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1696 matches the Greek ἐμμένω (emmenō),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:19

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God is not a man, that he should lie,
Neither the son of man, that he should repent:
Hath he said, and will he not do it?
Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 - One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:7 - thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:10 - Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 - And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:18 - And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 - Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - And they that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
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