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διατηρέω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
διατηρέω
Greek transliteration: 
diatēreō
Simplified transliteration: 
diatereo
Principal Parts: 
(διετήρουν), -, -, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1301
GK Number: 
1413
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
cv-1d(2a)
Gloss: 
to keep, treasure
Definition: 
to watch carefully, guard with vigilance; to treasure up, Lk. 2:51; ἑαυτὸν ἐκ, to keep one's self from, to abstain wholly from, Acts 15:29*

Greek-English Concordance for διατηρέω

Luke 2:51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. And his mother treasured (dietērei | διετήρει | imperf act ind 3 sg) all that was said in her heart.
Acts 15:29 that you abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If (diatērountes | διατηροῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) you (diatērountes | διατηροῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) keep (diatērountes | διατηροῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.”