verb
anamenamō
Strong’sG362
I await
stem anamen-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀνα-μένω
[in LXX for קוה pi.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G362 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
poetry ἀμμένω, Aeolic dialect ὀμμένω Refs 7th c.BC+:— wait for, await, ἀνέμεινα.. Ἠῶ δῖανRefs 8th c.BC+; νύκτα, τὸν ἥλιον, Refs 5th c.BC+ —οὐδὲ.. ἐπιθυμίαν ἀναμένεις dost not wait for desire to arise, Refs 5th c.BC+; face an enemy in battle, Refs 5th c.BC+: with accusative et infinitive, οὐκ ἀ. τοὺς Ἕλληνας μάχης ἄρξαιRefs 5th c.BC+; ποῖ χρῆν ἀναμεῖνα; i. e. ἐς τίνα χρόνο;Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, wait, stay, Ἑρμῆς.. οὐκέτ᾽ ἀμμένειRefs 5th c.BC+: with participle, πεινῶν ἀ.Refs
2 put off, delay, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| anamenarōἀναμένειν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | wait for | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anamenamō | anamename | anamenami | anamenama | anamenamē | anamenamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | anamenasō | anamenase | anamenasi | anamenasa | anamenasē | anamenaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anamenatō | anamenate | anamenati | anamenata | anamenatē | anamenatelē |
| we 1st person plural | anamenanō | anamenane | anamenani | anamenana | anamenanē | anamenanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anamenavō | anamenave | anamenavi | anamenava | anamenavē | anamenavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | anamenalō | anamenale | anamenali | anamenala | anamenalē | anamenalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anamenameiō | anamenameia | anamenameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | anamenaseiō | anamenaseia | anamenaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anamenateiō | anamenateia | anamenateiē |
| we 1st person plural | anamenaneiō | anamenaneia | anamenaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anamenaveiō | anamenaveia | anamenaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | anamenaleiō | anamenaleia | anamenaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | anamenasōr | anamenasar | anamenasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anamenatōr | anamenatar | anamenatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | anamenavōr | anamenavar | anamenavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | anamenalōr | anamenalar | anamenalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anamenamoiō | anamenamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | anamenasoiō | anamenasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anamenatoiō | anamenatoia |
| we 1st person plural | anamenanoiō | anamenanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | anamenavoiō | anamenavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | anamenaloiō | anamenaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | anamenarō1×ἀναμένειν | anamenari | anamenara | anamenarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | anamenarōntos | anamenarintos | anamenarantos | anamenarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
anamen is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
anamenarō“wait for”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
1 Thessalonians 1:10“wait for”kai anamenarō ton huion autou ek toiu ouranoiu, …and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead — Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.