προσκαρτερέω,
προσκαρτερῶ; future
προσκαρτερήσω; (
καρτερέω, from
καρτερός (`strong,' 'steadfast'), of which the root is (
τό)
κάρτος for
κράτος (`strength'; cf.
Curtius, § 72));
to persevere (`continue steadfastly') in anything (cf.
πρός, IV. 4): of persons, with the dative of a thing,
to give constant attention to a thing, Acts 2:42 (here Lachmann adds ἐν (once) in brackets); τῇ προσευχή,Acts 1:14; Acts 6:4; Romans 12:12; Colossians 4:2 (ταῖς θηραις, Diodorus 3, 17; τῇ πολιορκία,Polybius 1, 55, 4; Diodorus 14, 87; τῇ καθέδρα, persist in the siege, Josephus, Antiquities 5, 2, 6); with the dative of a person, to adhere to one, be his adherent; to be devoted or constant to one: Acts 8:13; Acts 10:7, (Demosthenes, p. 1386, 6; Polybius 24, 5, 3; (Diogenes Laërtius 8, 1, 14); εἰς τί, to be steadfastly attentive unto, to give unremitting care to a thing, Romans 13:6 (cf. Meyer ad loc:); ἐν with a dative of place, to continue all the time in a place, Acts 2:46 (Susanna 6); absolutely to persevere, not to faint (in a thing), Xenophon, Hell. 7, 5, 14; to show oneself courageous, for הִתְחַזֵּק, Numbers 13:21 (20), of a thing, with the dative of a person, to be in constant readiness for one, wait on continually: Mark 3:9.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Numbers
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13:21
- Mark
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3:9
- Acts
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1:14; 2:42; 2:46; 6:4; 8:13; 10:7
- Romans
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12:12; 13:6
- Colossians
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4:2
