verb

anamenamō

Greekἀναμένω (anamenō)

Strong’sG362

I await

stem anamen-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

wait for1×

What it means

ἀνα-μένω

[in LXX for קוה pi.;]

to await "one whose coming is expected, perhaps with the added idea of patience and confidence" c. acc., I Th 1:10 (v. M, Th., in l.; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

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

Saidan-am-en'-o

to await

Fromfrom G303 and G3306;

King Jameswait for.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

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	anamenarōtos	anamenaritos	anamenaratos	anamenarētos

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

anamenstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

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

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, hon egeirata ek toiu nekroiu, Iēsun ton ruerōton nin ek tau orgau tau ercherōtau.and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead — Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.