STRONGS G1300:
διατελέω,
-ῶ;
to bring thoroughly to an end, accomplish, [cf.
διά, C. 2]; with the addition of
τὸν βίον,
τὸν χρόνον, etc., it is joined to participles or adjectives and denotes the continuousness of the act or state expressed by the participle or adjective (as in Herodotus 6, 117; 7, 111; Plato, Apology, p. 31 a.); oftener, however, without the accusative it is joined with the same force simply to the participles or adjectives: thus,
ἄσιτοι διατελεῖτε,
ye continue fasting, constantly fast, Acts 27:33 (so
ἀσφαλεστερος [others,
-τατος]
διατελεῖ, Thucydides 1, 34; often in Xenophon; Winers Grammar, 348 (326); [Buttmann, 304 (261)]).
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