"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*"
Definition and meaning
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*
In the original Greek the word is written: διατηρέω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of diatereo (G1301) across the King James Bible.
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
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Common questions
Strong's G1301 (diatereo) is a Greek word that means: 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* It appears 2 times in the King James Bible.
The word diatereo (G1301) appears 2 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1301 is diatereo, a Greek word defined as: 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*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
diatereo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.