John 15:4:1John.15.4.W1TAB
μείνατε
meinate
“Abide”
- Transliteration
- MEI-na-te
- Extended
- MEI-nah-teh
- IPA
- /ˈmiː.na.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- Abide
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
MEI-na-te
- phraseyour reading level
MEI-na-te en e-MOI
- sentence
MEI-na-te en e-MOI ka-GÔ en hy-MEEN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the aorist imperative meinate {μείνατε | meí-na-te} ‘remain,’ a command that calls for a settled, decisive posture rather than a momentary act. The paired prepositional phrases en emoi and kago en hymin create a reciprocal pattern of mutual indwelling; the second half is elliptical in Greek, so English must supply an explicit verbal idea to make the symmetry clear.
In context — John 15:4
Remain in Me , and I remain within you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it stays in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me.
About this coordinate
John 15:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 15:4, so the Greek word μείνατε (meinate) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.15.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.15.4.W1.S1) and character.