… abide :  … to dwell … in a way … which accepts and/or acts in accordance with a standard of behavior …

… so … for this bible study … our … definition of the word … abide … is … to dwell … in a way … which accepts and/or acts in accordance with a standard of behavior … not … to far from the English word … dwell … except for the qualification … the old English root for this word is … ABIDAN … which means to … wait onwards … the root of ABIDAN is the old German word ,,, UZBIDANA … which means to wait or dwell with expectation … so … where the word dwell as a verb provides an interpretation for someone … to live … the verb abide provides an interpretation for someone … to live in a stable or fixed state like a marriage or a corporate contract with reference to a specific standard of behavior … 

… some words being translated as the English verb … abide … in the NRSV …

Greek Strong # 3306 MENO … to stay … to abide … to remain … to dwell

Hebrew Strong # 1481 גור … to turn aside … to sojourn …

Hebrew Strong # 3427 ישב    … to settle … to sit down … to dwell

Hebrew Strong # 3885 ליז … to stay … to dwell … 

Hebrew Strong # 4612 בועבוד … the position where you are … from root Strong # 5975  … to stand … to abide …

2 John chapter 1, vs 2 + 9

… the truth of God abides in us … and … will be with us forever … we who abide in the teaching of Jesus Christ have both the Father and the Son … our Lord and Savior … Jesus Christ …