ABIDE. A word used in Eng. VSS of the Bible to render about a dozen Heb. and an equal number of Gr. words, of which the most common are the following: חָנָה֒, H2837, to encamp; יָשַׁב, H3782, to dwell; לִין, H4328, to lodge; עָמַד, H6641, to remain; שָׁכַן, H8905, to tabernacle; μὲ̀νω, to remain; διατρίβω, G1417, to spend.

As a verb it is used both transitively and intransitively. When used in a transitive sense it means “to await” (Acts 20:23), “to withstand, endure” (Jer 10:10; Mal 3:2). As an intransitive verb it means “to continue in a place or state in which one now is” (Acts 27:31), “to dwell, reside” (Luke 8:27; John 8:35; 15:5), “to last, endure” (esp. in trial) (Ps 119:90; 1 Cor 3:14). “Abiding” is used both as an adjective (Heb 10:34) and as a noun (1 Esd 8:81 KJV). The word “abide” is found with great frequency in the gospel and epistles of John. Christ used the figure of the vine to illustrate the necessity of His disciples abiding in Him, and taught that they will bear fruit for Him only as they abide in Him (John 15).