International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BIDEbid: A variant of "abide" (which see); is the rendering of perimeno, in The Wisdom of Solomon 8:12 (the Revised Version (British and American) "they shall wait for me"). In Acts 1:4 the same word is translated "wait for."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To remain; to await; to abide; as to bide one's time until favorable conditions arise; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.
2. (v. t.) To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
3. (v. t.) To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.
4. (v. t.) To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.
