παραμένω,
poet. παρμένω Pi. P. 8.40, S. Ichn. 169 (trim.): -
stay beside or near, stand by, οὐδέ τις αὐτῷ Ἀργείων παρέμεινε Il. 11.402, cf. 15.400; παράμεινον τὸν βίον ἡμῖν Ar. Pax 1108 (hex.), cf. Pl. Ap. 39e, al.; of slaves, remain, stay, opp. δραπετεύω, ἀποδιδράσκω, Id. Men. 97d, X. Oec. 3.4; in Law, of slaves whose manumission was deferred, SIG 1208 (Thespiae, ii B. C.), etc.: hence Παρμένων, Trusty, as a slave’s name, Men. Sam. 302, etc. II abs., stand one’s ground, stand fast, Il. 13.151, cf. Hdt. 1.82, 6.14, Ar. Pl. 440, etc.; more fully, μάχαις τλάμονι ψυχᾷ π. Pi. P. 1.48; παρμένοντας αἰχμᾷ ib. 8.40; εὐανθεῖ ἐν ὀργᾷ π. ib. 1.89; πρὸς τὰ ὑπόλοιπα τῶν ἔργων Th. 3.10; ἀδύνατός εἰμι.. παραμένειν to remain with the army, Id. 7.15; offortune, remain steady. παραμένει γὰρ οὐδὲ ἕν Men. 51.
2. stay at a place, stay behind or at home, Hdt. 1.64, Antipho 5.13, And. 1.2.
3. survive, remain alive, Hdt. 1.30.
4. of things, endure, last, Id. 3.57, etc.; ἀεὶ παραμένουσα [ἡ φύσις ] E. El. 942; π. ἡ πολιτεία Lys. 25.28; αἱ εὐπραγίαι Isoc. 7.13; ἡ ὑγίεια X. Cyr. 1.6.17, etc.; δίχα τῆς σφοδρότητος π. τὸ μέγεθος Longin. 9.13; of money, stay by one, last for ever, Alex. 281, Timocl. 9.1, Men. 128.2; of wine, last, keep good, εἰς τριγονίαν π. ἐν ἀπιττώτοις ἄγγεσι Str. 11.10.1, cf. Ostr.Bodl. i 145 (iii/ii B. C.), Plu. 2.655f.
παραμένω paramenō 4x
to stay beside; to continue, stay, abide, [1Co 16:6]; [Heb 7:23];
met. to remain constant in, persevere in, [Php 1:25]; [Jas 1:25]
G3887 — παραμένω
future παραμένω; 1 aorist participle παραμείνας; from Homer down; to remain beside, continue always near (cf. παρά, IV. 1): [Heb 7:23]; opposed to ἀπεληλυθεναι, [Jam 1:25] (and continues to do so, not departing till all stains are washed away, cf. [Jam 1:24]); with one, πρός τινα, [1Co 16:6]; τίνι (as often in Greek authors), to survive, remain alive (Herodotus 1, 30), [Phi 1:25] L T Tr WH (where Lightfoot: "παραμένω is relative, while μένω is absolute." Compare: συμ(παραμένω.)
παρα - μένω ,
[in LXX : [Pro 12:7], Da TH [Dan 11:17] (H5975), etc.;]
to remain beside or near: [Heb 7:23], [Jas 1:25]; of remaining alive, [1Co 16:6] ( WH , κατα -), [Php 1:25] ( cf. συμ - παραμένω ). †