Strong G1300διατελέω

to continue

Transliteration
diateleō
Pronunciation
dee-at-el-eh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1223 and G5055; to accomplish thoroughly that is (subjectively) to persist: - continue.

Detailed definition

δια-τελέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Deu.9:7 (הָיָה), Jer.20:7, 18 (כָּלָה), Est.8:13, 2Ma.5:27 *;]
prop. trans., to accomplish; used with ellipse of obj. as intrans. (Bl., § 81, 1), and joined to participles (in Ac, Lc., to adj.; see Bl., § 73, 4) with adverbial sense (= continuously), to continue: Act.27:33.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1300 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • continue1

First verses

  1. Acts 27:33
    And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διατελ-έω,
future -τελέσω, Attic dialect -τελῶ: perfect διατετέλεκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.4, “IG” 22.223 A 5)]:—bring quite to an end, accomplish, ἐπεί περ ἠρξάμην, διατελέσαι βούλομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.3.4; δ. χάριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 434)]; so of Time, διατετελεκὼς τὰ ἐν τοῖς ἐφήβοις δέκα ἔτη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” [prev. cited])]
II absolutely,
II.1 mostly with participle, continue being or doing so and so, τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς ζόης δ. ἐόντα τυφλόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.117; δ. ἐόντες ἐλεύθεροι [prev. author] 7.111, compare 1.32, etc.; δ. τὸν λοιπὸν βίον δουλεύοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38; δ. καθεύδοντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 31a; μινυρίζων δ. τὸν βίον ὅλον [prev. author] “R.” 411a)]; διετέλεσας πειρώμενος you have been trying all along, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 206a: with _adjectives_, δ. πρόθυμος)] continue zealous, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.89, compare 1.34; δ. ἀχίτων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.2; ἡδὺς δ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 45.9.)]
II.2 with no participle or adjective, continue, live, δ. μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων διὰ βίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 192c; δ. χαριέντως [prev. author] “R.” 426a; ἐν ἀγρῷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 4.)]
II.2.b generally, continue, persevere, διατέλει ὥσπερ ἤρξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494c; δ. ἐν ὕπνῳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 779a24; ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ [prev. author] “Pr.” 933a14)]; of things, continue, ἐὰν αἱ μιμήσεις ἐκ νέων πόρρω δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 395d.)]