προσκαρτερέω

proskarterevw proskarterevw,
proskarterw'; future
proskarterhvsw; (
karterevw, from
karterov" (`strong,' `steadfast'), of which the root is (
tov)
kavrto" for
kravto" (`strength'; cf. Curtius, sec. 72)); to persevere (`continue steadfastly') in anything (cf.
prov", IV. 4): of persons, with the dative of a thing, to give constant attention to a thing, (here Lachmann adds
ejn (once) in brackets);
th'/
proseuchv,Acts ; ; ; (
tai'"
qhrai", Diodorus 3, 17;
th'/
poliorkiva,Polybius 1, 55, 4; Diodorus 14, 87;
th'/
kaqevdra, 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: ; , (Demosthenes, p. 1386, 6; Polybius 24, 5, 3; Diogenes La?rtius 8, 1, 14);
eij"
tiv, to be steadfastly attentive unto, to give unremitting care to a thing, (cf. Meyer ad loc:);
ejn with a dative of place, to continue all the time in a place, (); absolutely to persevere, not to faint (in a thing), Xenophon, Hell. 7, 5, 14; to show oneself courageous, for qZEj't]hi, (20), of a thing, with the dative of a person, to be in constant readiness for one, wait on continually: .*