Lexicon proskartereó: to attend constantly Original Word: προσκαρτερέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proskartereó Phonetic Spelling: (pros-kar-ter-eh'-o) Short Definition: I persist Definition: I persist, persevere in, continue steadfast in; I wait upon. HELPS word-Studies 4342 proskarteréō (from 4314 /prós, "towards, interactively with" and 2594 /karteréō, "show steadfast strength," derived from 2904 /krátos, "prevailing strength") – properly, to consistently showing strength which prevails (in spite of difficulties); to endure (remain firm), staying in a fixed direction. [4342 /proskarteréō means "to continue to do something with intense effort, with the possible implication of despite difficulty – 'to devote oneself to, to keep on, to persist in'" (L & N, 1, 68.68).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pros and kartereóDefinitionto attend constantly NASB Translationcontinually devoting themselves (2), continued (1), continuing (1), devote ourselves (1), devote yourselves (1), devoted (1), devoting themselves (1), personal attendants (1), stand ready (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4342: προσκαρτερέωπροσκαρτερέω, προσκαρτερῶ; future προσκαρτερήσω; ( καρτερέω, from καρτερός (`strong,' 'steadfast'), of which the root is ( τό) κάρτος for κράτος (`strength'; cf. Curtius, § 72)); to persevere (`continue steadfastly') in anything (cf. πρός, IV. 4): of persons, with the dative of a thing, to give constant attention to a thing, Acts 2:42 (here Lachmann adds ἐν (once) in brackets); τῇ προσευχή, Acts 1:14; Acts 6:4; Romans 12:12; Colossians 4:2 ( ταῖς θηραις, Diodorus 3, 17; τῇ πολιορκία, Polybius 1, 55, 4; Diodorus 14, 87; τῇ καθέδρα, persist in the siege, Josephus, Antiquities 5, 2, 6); with the dative of a person, to adhere to one, be his adherent; to be devoted or constant to one: Acts 8:13; Acts 10:7, ( Demosthenes, p. 1386, 6; Polybius 24, 5, 3; ( Diogenes Laërtius 8, 1, 14); εἰς τί, to be steadfastly attentive unto, to give unremitting care to a thing, Romans 13:6 (cf. Meyer ad loc:); ἐν with a dative of place, to continue all the time in a place, Acts 2:46 (Susanna 6); absolutely to persevere, not to faint (in a thing), Xenophon, Hell. 7, 5, 14; to show oneself courageous, for הִתְחַזֵּק, Numbers 13:21 (20), of a thing, with the dative of a person, to be in constant readiness for one, wait on continually: Mark 3:9.
Strong's continue From pros and kartereo; to be earnest towards, i.e. (to a thing) to persevere, be constantly diligent, or (in a place) to attend assiduously all the exercises, or (to a person) to adhere closely to (as a servitor) -- attend (give self) continually (upon), continue (in, instant in, with), wait on (continually). see GREEK pros see GREEK kartereo |
