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Strong's #4342 - προσκαρτερέω
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- to adhere to one, be his adherent, to be devoted or constant to one
- to be steadfastly attentive unto, to give unremitting care to a thing
- to continue all the time in a place
- to persevere and not to faint
- to show one's self courageous for
- to be in constant readiness for one, wait on constantly
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προσκαρτερ-έω,
Dor. ποτι- IG 42(1).63.4 (Epid., ii B.C. ): —
persist obstinately in, τῇ πολιορκίᾳ Plb. 1.55.4, D.S. 14.87; τῇ προφορᾷ Phld. Rh. 1.158 S.; τῇ προσευχῇ Acts 1:14 : abs., X. HG 7.5.14, Ph. Bel. 101.9, LXX Numbers 13:21(20), J. BJ 6.1.3, Ach.Tat. 1.10; καίπερ ἀχθόμενοι τῇ καθέδρᾳ π . J. AJ 5.2.6 .
2. adhere firmly to a man, be faithful to him, τινι Plb. 23.5.3, Acts 8:13, Acts 10:7; of servants, remain in one's service, D. 59.120; of a κοσμητής, IG 22.1028.84. remain in attendance at a law-court, τῷ βήματι, τῷ κριτηρίῳ, PHamb. 4.7 (i A.D.), POxy. 261.12 (i A.D.) . devote oneself to an office or occupation, τῇ στρατηγίᾳ ib. 82.4 (iii A.D.); τῇ ἑαυτῶν γεωργίᾳ PAmh. 2.65.3 (ii A.D.) .
3. Pass., ὁ προσκαρτερούμενος χρόνος time diligently employed, D.S. 2.29 .
4. wait for a person, Φιλέᾳ POxy. 1764.4 (iii A.D.): abs., ἕως ἂν Ἐτέαρχος παραγένηται PSI 5.598.7 (iii B.C.) .
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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προσ -καρτερέω , -ῶ
(< καρτερός , strong, stedfast),
[in LXX: Numbers 13:21 (H2388 hith.), Tobit 5:8 א , Da Th Su 1:6*;] to attend constantly, continue stedfastly, adhere to, wait on: c. dat. pers., Mark 3:9, Acts 8:13; Acts 10:7; c. dat. rei, Acts 1:14; Acts 2:42; Acts 6:4, Romans 12:12, Colossians 4:2; seq. ἐν , Acts 2:46; εἰς , Romans 13:6.†
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PSI III. 184.7 (notice of a fire—A.D. 292) χθὲς περὶ ἕκτην ὥραν ἐξαίφνης καύματος ἐνόντος πῦρ ἐν σκυβάλοις χόρτου. . . ἀ ̣ν ̣ε ̣φάν [η. In P Oxy VI. 903.6 (iv/A.D.) a wife amongst other charges against her husband alleges—πῦρ προσήνεγκεν ταῖς τροφίμαις μου γυμνώσας αὐ [τὰ ]ς παντελῶς ἃ οὐ ποιοῦσι οἱ νόμοι, ";he applied fire to my foster-daughters, having stripped them quite naked, which is contrary to the laws"; (Edd.).
With τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον (Matthew 18:8 : cf. Dalman Words, p. 161) we may compare the magical papyrus P Lond 46.147 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 70) where the enchanter, to impress the evil powers he desires to overcome, declares—ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἀκέφαλος δαίμων, ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν ἔχων τὴν ὅρασιν, ἰσχυρός, τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἀθάνατον, ";I am the headless demon, having eyes in my feet, the strong one, the deathless fire"; : cf. Deissmann LAE p. 139. For the ";fire of love"; see P Leid Wvii. 40 (ii/iii A.D.) (=II. p. 105) ἐξορκίζω σε, πῦρ, δαίμων αἴρωτος ἁγείου (l. ἔρωτος ἁγίου), and P Osl I. 1.140 (iv/A.D.), with the editor’s note (p. 65). With Revelation 8:7 cf. Orac. Sib. v. 376 f. πῦρ γὰρ ἀπ᾽ οὐρανίων δαπέδων βρέξει. . πῦρ καὶ αἷμα, and for Romans 12:20 see Exp T xxxvi. p. 478.
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