Lexicon diatéreó: to keep carefully Original Word: διατηρέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diatéreó Phonetic Spelling: (dee-at-ay-reh'-o) Short Definition: I keep safe, hold fast Definition: I keep safe, hold fast. HELPS word-Studies 1301 diatēréō (from 1223 /diá, "through, thoroughly," intensifying 5083 /tēréō, "guard") – properly, thoroughly keep (very carefully) to ensure final safety (staying intact for "successful final delivery"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dia and téreóDefinitionto keep carefully NASB Translationkeep...free (1), treasured (1).
Thayer's 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 (). (Plato, Demosthenes, Polybius, others.)
Strong's 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 |
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