διατηρέω
diatēreō
“to keep”
Definition
to watch thoroughly, i.e. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly, or (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly
from G1223 (διά) and G5083 (τηρέω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
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Occurrences
διατηρέω appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.Farewell.
Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
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