Thayer's Greek Lexicon

 1. to stay at or with, to tarry still, still to abide, to continue,
remain
  1) of tarrying in a place
  2) to persevere, continue
1b1. of the thing continued in
1b2. in the work of teaching
1b3. of the blessing for which one keeps himself fit
1b4. denoting the action persisted in