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remain

Meaning of “remain”

Sense 1: To be left or still exist after others are gone, removed, consumed, or destroyed. Sense 2: To stay, abide, or continue in a place, state, condition, or relation.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
79 occurrences77 verses27 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 38:11

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Job 21:32
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 21:32 · retained source text

Yet shall hee be brought to the graue, & shall remaine in the tombe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. graues.

1611 marginal noteHeb. watch in the heape.

Job 27:15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 27:15 · retained source text

Those that remaine of him shall bee buried in death: and his widowes shall not weepe.

1611 marginal notePsal. 78.65.

Job 37:8
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 37:8 · retained source text

Then the beastes goe into dennes: and remaine in their places.

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Historical definitions

To continue; to rest or abide in a place for a time indefinite. To be left after others have withdrawn; to rest or abide in the same place when others remove, or are lost, destroyed or taken away. To be left after a part or others have passed. To continue unchanged, or in a particular state. Not to be lost; not to escape; not to be forgotten. To be left, out of a greater number or quantity. To be left as not included or comprised. To continue in the same state.

volume 2, leaf 453, column 3 (intransitive verb entry, senses 1-8)