King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1300
Transliteration: diateleō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-at-el-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to accomplish thoroughly, to persist
Meaning: to accomplish thoroughly, to persist
διατελέω, διατέλω; to bring thoroughly to an end, accomplish, (cf. διά, C. 2); with the addition of τόν βίον, τόν χρόνον, etc., it is joined to participles or adjectives and denotes the continuousness of the act or state expressed by the prcp. or adjective (as in Herodotus 6, 117; 7, 111; Plato, Apology, p. 31 a.); oftener, however, without the accusative it is joined with the same force simply to the participles or adjectives: thus, ἄσιτοι διατελεῖτε, ye continue fasting, constantly fast, Acts 27:33 (so ἀσφαλεστερος (others, ἀσφαλεστατος) διατελει, Thucydides 1, 34; often in Xenophon; Winers Grammar, 348 (326); (Buttmann, 304 (261))).
Word Summary
diateleō: to accomplish thoroughly, to persist
Original Word: διατελέωTransliteration: diateleō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-at-el-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to accomplish thoroughly, to persist
Meaning: to accomplish thoroughly, to persist
Strong's Concordance
continue. From dia and teleo; to accomplish thoroughly, i.e. (subjectively) to persist -- continue.
see GREEK dia
see GREEK teleo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1300: διατελέωδιατελέω, διατέλω; to bring thoroughly to an end, accomplish, (cf. διά, C. 2); with the addition of τόν βίον, τόν χρόνον, etc., it is joined to participles or adjectives and denotes the continuousness of the act or state expressed by the prcp. or adjective (as in Herodotus 6, 117; 7, 111; Plato, Apology, p. 31 a.); oftener, however, without the accusative it is joined with the same force simply to the participles or adjectives: thus, ἄσιτοι διατελεῖτε, ye continue fasting, constantly fast, Acts 27:33 (so ἀσφαλεστερος (others, ἀσφαλεστατος) διατελει, Thucydides 1, 34; often in Xenophon; Winers Grammar, 348 (326); (Buttmann, 304 (261))).