King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1301
Transliteration: diatēreō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-at-ay-reh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to keep carefully
Meaning: to keep carefully
διατηρέω, διατήρω; 3 person singular imperfect διετήρει; to keep continually or carefully (see διά, C. 2): Luke 2:51 (Genesis 37:11); ἐμαυτόν ἐκ τίνος (cf. τηρεῖν ἐκ τίνος, John 17:15), to keep oneself (pure) from a thing, Acts 15:29; ἀπό τίνος for שָׁמַר followed by מִן, Psalm 11:8 (). (Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, others.)
Word Summary
diatēreō: to keep carefully
Original Word: διατηρέωTransliteration: diatēreō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-at-ay-reh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to keep carefully
Meaning: to keep carefully
Strong's Concordance
keep. From dia and tereo; to watch thoroughly, i.e. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly, or (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly -- keep.
see GREEK dia
see GREEK tereo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1301: διατηρέωδιατηρέω, διατήρω; 3 person singular imperfect διετήρει; to keep continually or carefully (see διά, C. 2): Luke 2:51 (Genesis 37:11); ἐμαυτόν ἐκ τίνος (cf. τηρεῖν ἐκ τίνος, John 17:15), to keep oneself (pure) from a thing, Acts 15:29; ἀπό τίνος for שָׁמַר followed by מִן, Psalm 11:8