Bible Dictionaries
Remain

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

"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.

Notes: (1) In Mark 8:8 , perisseuma, "an abundance," is used in the plural, RV, "(of broken pieces) that remained over" (AV "that was left"). (2) In 1 Corinthians 7:29 , AV, to loipon, lit., "(as to) what is left," "(as for) the rest," is translated "it remaineth" (RV, "henceforth"); in Revelation 3:2 , ta loipa, the plural, "the things that remain."