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To continue

διατελέωStrong’s G1300

diateleō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

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Diateleō is the Greek word usually translated “continue”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“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.”
Acts 27:33 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “continue”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • you continue 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    διατελέω diateleō · to continue

    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.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “continue” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    CONTINUE, verb intransitive

    [Latin, to hold. See Tenet.]

    1. To remain in a state, or place; to abide for any time indefinitely.“The multitude continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat” Matthew 15:32
    2. To last; to be durable; to endure; to be permanent.“Thy kingdom shall not continue” 1 Samuel 13:14
    3. To persevere; to be steadfast or constant in any course.“If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed” John 8:31
    All definitions and other forms of “continue”

      CONTINUE, verb transitive

      1. To protract; not to cease from or to terminate.
      2. To extend from one thing to another; to produce or draw out in length. continue the line from A to B.
      3. To persevere in; not to cease to do or use; as, to continue the same diet.
      4. To hold to or unite. [Not used.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.