to remain/keep on
epimeno denotes staying in a place or continuing steadily in a stated action, condition, or commitment.
The dominant usage concerns remaining at a location or with particular people for a period of time; a second cluster describes continuing in teaching, faith, kindness, unbelief, or sin. One occurrence depicts persistent knocking.
Senses in use
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Staying at a place or with people · dominant
The forms occur in plans and reports of remaining: in 1 Corinthians 16:7 the APB renders the hoped-for visit as remaining “with you for some time,” and 1 Corinthians 16:8 names remaining in Ephesus until Pentecost. Acts 10:48, Acts 21:4, Acts 28:12, and Galatians 1:18 likewise place the action in requests or reports of staying for specified days or with a named person.
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Continuing in a stated condition or practice · common
Present forms place the action within matters named by the surrounding clauses. In 1 Timothy 4:16 the APB renders persistence in attention to oneself and the teaching; Colossians 1:23 concerns continuing in the faith, while Romans 11:22, Romans 11:23, and Romans 6:1 set continuation in kindness, unbelief, and sin respectively.
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Persisting in an ongoing action · rare
In Acts 12:16, the imperfect form is used of Peter’s repeated action at the door; the APB renders the clause, “Peter continued knocking.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “remain” and “stayed” for location-based contexts, and “continue,” “persevere,” and “continued” for ongoing conduct or action. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.