Definition

to stay around, i.e. await

Etymology

from G4012 (περί) and G3306 (μένω);

Word family

• περί perí
• μένω ménō

How the KJV renders it

• wait for

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.