- Original: περιμένω - Transliteration: Perimeno - Phonetic: per-ee-men'-o - Definition: 1. to wait for - Origin: from G4012 and G3306 - TDNT entry: 13:38,6 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4012 and G3306 ; to stay around that is await: - wait for.