Strong's Greek Concordance

G1301: διατηρέω

diatēréō · “to keep”

Definition

to watch thoroughly, i.e. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly, or (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly

KJV translates it as: keep

Word origin: from G1223 (διά) and G5083 (τηρέω);

Extended 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)

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How G1301 is translated

  • was treasuring up ×1
  • keeping ×1

Bible verses with G1301 (diatēréō)

Diatēréō appears in 2 verses.

  • Luke 2:51

    And 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 15:29

    That 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.