verb
katamenamō
Strong’sG2650
I wait, stay, remain, abide
stem katamen-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.
κατα-μένω,
[in LXX for ישׁב (Nu 20:1, al.), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2650 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -μενῶRefs 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+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| katamenarōntoisκαταμένοντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | staying | 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 | katamenamō | katamename | katamenami | katamenama | katamenamē | katamenamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | katamenasō | katamenase | katamenasi | katamenasa | katamenasē | katamenaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katamenatō | katamenate | katamenati | katamenata | katamenatē | katamenatelē |
| we 1st person plural | katamenanō | katamenane | katamenani | katamenana | katamenanē | katamenanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katamenavō | katamenave | katamenavi | katamenava | katamenavē | katamenavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | katamenalō | katamenale | katamenali | katamenala | katamenalē | katamenalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katamenameiō | katamenameia | katamenameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | katamenaseiō | katamenaseia | katamenaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katamenateiō | katamenateia | katamenateiē |
| we 1st person plural | katamenaneiō | katamenaneia | katamenaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katamenaveiō | katamenaveia | katamenaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | katamenaleiō | katamenaleia | katamenaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | katamenasōr | katamenasar | katamenasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katamenatōr | katamenatar | katamenatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | katamenavōr | katamenavar | katamenavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | katamenalōr | katamenalar | katamenalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katamenamoiō | katamenamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | katamenasoiō | katamenasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katamenatoiō | katamenatoia |
| we 1st person plural | katamenanoiō | katamenanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | katamenavoiō | katamenavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | katamenaloiō | katamenaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katamenarō | katamenari | katamenara | katamenarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | katamenarōntos1× | katamenarintos | katamenarantos | katamenarēntos |
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
katamen 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
katamenarōntois“staying”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Acts 1:13… eis tem huperōem anabainala hou ale katamenarōntois, tos tē Petros kai Iōannos kai …… the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew …