Remain
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to stay, abide," is frequently rendered "to remain," e.g., Matthew 11:23; Luke 10:7; John 1:33 , AV (RV, "abiding"); 9:41 (in 15:11, the best texts have the verb to be, see RV); 15:16, AV (RV, "abide"); 19:31; Acts 5:4 (twice), Rv , "whiles it remained, did it (not) remain (thine own)?;" 27:41; 1—Corinthians 7:11; 15:6; 2—Corinthians 3:11,14; 9:9 , AV (RV, "abideth"); Hebrews 12:27; 1—John 3:9 . See Abide.
"to remain throughout" (dia, "through," and No. 1), is translated "to remain" in Luke 1:22; Hebrews 1:11 , AV (RV, "Thou continuest"). See Continue , No. 4.
in the Passive Voice, "to be reserved, to remain," is translated "remaineth" in Hebrews 4:6,9; 10:26 . See Leave , No. 4.
"to leave over," used in the Middle Voice, is translated "remain" in 1—Thessalonians 4:15,17 , AV (RV, "are left"), where it stands for the living believers at the coming (the beginning of the Parousia) of Christ.
"to abound, to be over and above, to remain over," is rendered "(that which) remained over" in Matthew 14:20 , RV; and Luke 9:17 , RV (AV, "remained"); John 6:12,13 (AV, "... over and above"). See Abundance , B, No. 1.
Mark 8:8 1—Corinthians 7:29 Revelation 3:2
King James Dictionary [2]
Rema'In, L remaneo re and maneo, Gr.
1. To continue to rest or abide in a place for a time indefinite. They remained a month in Rome. We remain at an inn for a night, for a week, or a longer time.
Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown. Genesis 38 .
2. To be left after others have withdrawn to rest or abide in the same place when others remove, or are lost, destroyed or taken away.
Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. Genesis 7 .
3. To be left after a part or others have past. Let our remaining time or years be employed in active duties. 4. To continue unchanged, or in a particular state. He remains stupid he remains in a low state of health. 5. Not to be lost not to escape not to be forgotten.
All my wisdom remained with me.
6. To be left, out of a greater number or quantity. Part of the debt is paid that which remains will be on interest.
That which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept till the morning. Exodus 16 .
7. To be left as not included or comprised. There remains one argument which has not been considered.
That an elder brother has power over his brethren, remains to be proved.
8. To continue in the same state.
Children thou art, childless remain.
REMA'IN, To await to be left to as, the easier conquest now remains thee. This is elliptical for remains to thee. Remain is not properly a transitive verb.
REMA'IN, n. That which is left a corpse also, abode. Not used.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words [3]
Lûn ( לוּן , Strong'S #3885), “to remain, lodge, spend the night, abide.” Found also in ancient Ugaritic, this word continues in use from biblical Hebrew until now. The modern Hebrew term for “hotel” is derived from this term. Lûn is used approximately 60 times in the Hebrew Old Testament. Its first occurrence is in Gen. 19:2, where it is used twice: “Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night.… And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.”
While it is usually used concerning human beings spending the night, lûn is sometimes used of animals, such as the wild ox (Job 39:9, Nasb; Kjv “unicorn”), the pelican and the hedgehog (Zeph. 2:14, Nasb; Kjv “the cormorant and the bittern”). The word does not necessarily mean sleeping through the night, but may be used to indicate being located in one place for the night: “Thou shalt not … [let] the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning [literally, “pass the night until morning”] (Exod. 23:18). In a similar way, the figurative use of the word often has the connotation of “abiding, remaining”: “… Mine error remaineth [NASB, “lodges”] with myself” (Job 19:4); “… Righteousness lodged in it …” (Isa. 1:21); “His soul shall dwell at ease …” (Ps. 25:13); “… [He] shall abide satisfied …” (Prov. 19:23).
Webster's Dictionary [4]
(1): ( n.) State of remaining; stay.
(2): ( n.) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's
(3): ( v. i.) To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
(4): ( v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
(5): ( v. t.) To await; to be left to.
(6): ( n.) That which is left; relic; remainder; - chiefly in the plural.
(7): ( n.) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
