remain unmoved on the pyre

ἐπιμένω impf. ἐπέμενον; fut. ἐπιμενῶ; 1 aor. ἐπέμεινα (s. μένω; Hom.+)

① to remain at or in the same place for a period of time, stay, remain. Lit. ἐν Ἐφέσῳ 1 Cor 16:8 (cp. PLond III, 897, 12 p. 207 [84 A.D.] ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἐπιμένειν; PFay 296). αὐτοῦ there Ac 21:4; cp. 15:34 v.l. W. the time more definitely given (Jos., Bell. 2, 545 ἔνθα δύο ἡμέρας ἐ., Vi. 47) 21:4; ἐ. ἡμέρας τινάς stay there for several days 10:48. ἡμέρας πλείους (Jos., Ant. 16, 15) 21:10. ἡμέρας τρεῖς 28:12. ἡμέρας ἑπτά vs. 14. ἡμέρας δεκαπέντε Gal 1:18. ἐ. χρόνον τινά for some time 1 Cor 16:7. πρός τινα with someone ibid.; Gal 1:18. παρά τινι Ac 28:14. ἐπί τινι (X., An. 7, 2, 1) ibid. v.l. W. dat. (PRyl 153, 3 [II A.D.]; 239, 9) ἄσκυλτον ἐ. τῇ πυρᾷ remain unmoved on the pyre MPol 13:3. ἐν τῇ σαρκί remain in the body Phil 1:24.

② to continue in an activity or state, continue, persist (in), persevere w. dat., transf. sense of 1 (X., Oec. 14, 7 τῷ μὴ ἀδικεῖν, Hell. 3, 4, 6; Aelian, VH 10, 15; SIG 1243, 26 ἐ. τῇ αὐθαδίᾳ; POxy 237 VI, 18 τῇ αὐτῇ ἀπονοίᾳ; PTebt 424, 4; Jos., Vi. 143; TestLevi 4:1 τ. ἀδικίαις; cp. Just., A II, 68, 2 τῇ ἀδικίᾳ; JosAs 23:12 τῇ βουλῇ) τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ in sin Ro 6:1. τῇ πίστει Col 1:23. τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ Ro 11:23. ταῖς ἡδοναῖς Hs 8, 8, 5; 8, 9, 4. ταῖς πράξεσι Hs 9, 20, 4; τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ 9, 26, 2. αὐτοῖς (w. ref. to ταῦτα, τούτοις 1 Ti 4:15; cp. Jos., Ant. 8, 190) 1 Ti 4:16. ἐ. τῇ χρηστότητι continue in the sphere of (God’s) goodness Ro 11:22. τῇ πορνείᾳ Hm 4, 1, 5; cp. 6. ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ Hv 3, 6, 2. W. ptc. foll. keep on, persist (stubbornly) in doing someth. (Pla., Meno 93d; Menand., Her. 35 J. and Kö. ἐπιμένει τὸ χρέος ἀπεργαζόμενος; Cornutus 17 p. 31, 11; POxy 237 VI, 18 [186 A.D.] ἐπιμένει ἐνυβρίζων μοι; 128, 7 ἐ. λέγων) ἐ. κρούων Ac 12:16. ἐπέμενον ἐρωτῶντες αὐτόν they persisted in questioning him J 8:7; cp. 2 Cl 10:5. ἐ. ἕως τέλους λειτουργοῦντες Hs 9, 27, 3. But ἐπιμένοντος πάλιν αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγοντος when he insisted again and said MPol 10:1. Without ptc. in the same mng. 8:2. Likew. abs. persist Hs 6, 5, 7. ἐπιμενόντων τῶν ζητούντων αὐτόν when those who were looking for him did not give up (the search) MPol 6:1.—M-M.