Lexical 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 |
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