Strong's Lexicon
G4037
G4037 — περιμένω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4037 |
|---|---|
| Word: | περιμένω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4012 and G3306 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | perimeno |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | per-ee-men'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to stay around, i.e. await |
| KJV Renderings: | wait for |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περιμένω; (περί further (cf. περί, III. 2)); to wait for: τί, Act 1:4. (Gen 49:18; Wis 8:12; Aristophanes, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Josephus, Plutarch, others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
περιμένω (wait for)
Acts 1:4
- KJV: And being assembled together with commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem but wait for the promise of the Father which ye have heard of me
- GK: και συναλιζόμενος παρήγγειλεν αυτοίς από Ιεροσολύμων μη χωρίζεσθαι αλλά περιμένειν την επαγγελίαν του πατρός ην ηκούσατέ μου