Words the Bible translates as remain
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- yashavיָשַׁבto sit, to dwell, or to stay: to settle into a fixed place and remain there, whether for a moment, a lifetime, or a reign.
- amadעָמַדto remain: to keep standing over time, and so to last, to hold one's ground, or to be valid rather than fall
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- to stand: to be on one's feet and in place, and so to take up a position, come to a halt, or wait there on someone
- to arise: to come onto the scene and take one's place, as a king coming to power
- to set up: to make something or someone stand, and so to erect, station, appoint, present, or confirm
- menōμένωto remain: to keep on being where, what, or as one is, rather than leaving, ending, or changing
- sha'arשָׁאַרto be left over after the rest is gone, or to leave something over
- shakhanשָׁכַןto settle down in a place and stay there: to pitch one's dwelling and make it home
- yatarיָתַרto be left over: to still be there after the rest is gone, used up, or destroyed
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- to leave over: to set part aside so it stays, to have more than enough, or to spare someone alive
- hupomenōὑπομένωto stay behind: to remain in a place after others have gone on
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- to endure: to stand firm and hold out under hardship, persecution, or testing without giving up
- apoleipōἀπολείπωto leave a person or thing behind and go on without it, so that what is left stays where it is
- diamenōδιαμένωto remainnot studied yet
- epimenōἐπιμένωto stay on: to remain in a place, or keep on in an action or condition, without stopping
- diatribōδιατρίβωto stay somewhere for a stretch of time: to settle into a place for days or weeks instead of passing through
- prosmenōπροσμένωto stay on with: to keep staying in a place, beside a person, or with something you have committed to, instead of moving on
- adaphעָדַףto go past a set amount, so that some is left over: to be extra, to be in surplus
- perileipomaiπεριλείπομαιto be left alive after others have died: to survive, to remain over
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