διατηρέω
diatēréō
“to watch thoroughly, i.e. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly, or (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to watch thoroughly, i.e. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly, or (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
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*
Translated in KJV as
keep
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