Strong's Lexicon
G1301 — διατηρέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1301 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διατηρέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1223 and G5083 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | diatereo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee-at-ay-reh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to watch thoroughly 2. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly 3. (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly |
| KJV Renderings: | keep |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διατηρέω, διατήρω; 3 person singular imperfect διετήρει; to keep continually or carefully (see διά, C. 2): Luk 2:51 (Gen 37:11); ἐμαυτόν ἐκ τίνος (cf. τηρεῖν ἐκ τίνος, Joh 17:15), to keep oneself (pure) from a thing, Act 15:29; ἀπό τίνος for ùÈÑîÇø followed by îÄï, Psalm 11:8 (). (Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, others.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
διατηρέω (keep)
Luke 2:51
- KJV: And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject unto them but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart
- GK: και κατέβη μετ΄ αυτών και ήλθεν εις Ναζαρέθ και ην υποτασσόμενος αυτοίς και η μήτηρ αυτού διετήρει πάντα τα ρήματα ταύτα εν τη καρδία αυτής
Acts 15:29
- KJV: That ye abstain from meats offered to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication from which if ye keep yourselves ye shall do well Fare ye well
- GK: απέχεσθαι ειδωλοθύτων και αίματος και πνικτού και πορνείας εξ ων διατηρούντες εαυτούς ευ πράξετε έρρωσθε
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