Strong G1301διατηρέω
to keep
- Transliteration
- diatēreō
- Pronunciation
- dee-at-ay-reh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
δια-τηρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for שָׁמַר, נָצַר, etc.; before ἀπό (for מִן), as in Psa.12:7 (8);]
to keep carefully: Luk.2:51; before ἐκ, Act.15:29.†
(AS)
[in LXX for שָׁמַר, נָצַר, etc.; before ἀπό (for מִן), as in Psa.12:7 (8);]
to keep carefully: Luk.2:51; before ἐκ, Act.15:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1301 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- keep2
First verses
- Luke 2:51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
- Acts 15:29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
διατηρ-έω,
Boeotian dialect δια-τᾱρέω [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 1.132.8 (2nd c.BC))], but Doric dialect δια-τηρέω [Refs (“SIG” 541 A 4)]:— watch closely, observe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 836d (variant), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 612b28; δ. μή τι πάθωσι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.20.)]
2 maintain, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.184; τὴν τάξιν Decrees [prev. work]37; τὸ πρέπον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1178a13; τὰ τοῦ βίου δίκαια 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 637; τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὴν ἑαυτῶν πίστιν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.7.7; τὴν εὔνοιαν “IG” 12(7).506; τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 19, etc.:)] —middle, -εῖται τὸν καιρόν observes,[Refs ([prev. work] “fragment” 77)]:—passive, ὅταν διατηρηθῶσιν οἱ νόμοι τῇ πόλει [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.6; ἀλειτούργητος -τηρείσθω ἡ θεία φύσις 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.42U.)]
3 with predicates, βοῦς ἐννέα ἔτη δ. ἀνοχεύτους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 595b18; ἀβλαβές δ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.8.7; ἀφλυκταίνωτα δ. τὰ μέρη 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.156; δ. τὸν πόλεμον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 33.)]
4 δ. ἑαυτὸν ἔκ τινος keep oneself from.., [NT (NT.Act.15.29.)]
Boeotian dialect δια-τᾱρέω [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 1.132.8 (2nd c.BC))], but Doric dialect δια-τηρέω [Refs (“SIG” 541 A 4)]:— watch closely, observe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 836d (variant), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 612b28; δ. μή τι πάθωσι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.20.)]
2 maintain, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.184; τὴν τάξιν Decrees [prev. work]37; τὸ πρέπον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1178a13; τὰ τοῦ βίου δίκαια 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 637; τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὴν ἑαυτῶν πίστιν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.7.7; τὴν εὔνοιαν “IG” 12(7).506; τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 19, etc.:)] —middle, -εῖται τὸν καιρόν observes,[Refs ([prev. work] “fragment” 77)]:—passive, ὅταν διατηρηθῶσιν οἱ νόμοι τῇ πόλει [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.6; ἀλειτούργητος -τηρείσθω ἡ θεία φύσις 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.42U.)]
3 with predicates, βοῦς ἐννέα ἔτη δ. ἀνοχεύτους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 595b18; ἀβλαβές δ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.8.7; ἀφλυκταίνωτα δ. τὰ μέρη 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.156; δ. τὸν πόλεμον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 33.)]
4 δ. ἑαυτὸν ἔκ τινος keep oneself from.., [NT (NT.Act.15.29.)]