verb
diatelamō
Strong’sG1300
I continue
stem diatel-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
δια-τελέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: De 9:7 (היה), Je 20:7, 18 (כּלה), Es 8:13, II Mac 5:27 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1300 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -τελέσω, Attic dialect -τελῶ: perfect διατετέλεκα Refs 5th c.BC+:—bring quite to an end, accomplish, ἐπεί περ ἠρξάμην, διατελέσαι βούλομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; so of Time, διατετελεκὼς τὰ ἐν τοῖς ἐφήβοις δέκα ἔτη Refs 5th c.BC+
II absolutely,
II.1 mostly with participle, continue being or doing so and so, τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς ζόης δ. ἐόντα τυφλόν Refs 5th c.BC+; διετέλεσας πειρώμενος you have been trying all along, Refs continue zealous, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 with no participle or adjective, continue, live, δ. μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων διὰ βίου Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2.b generally, continue, persevere, διατέλει ὥσπερ ἤρξω Refs 5th c.BC+; of things, continue, ἐὰν αἱ μιμήσεις ἐκ νέων πόρρω δ. Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| diatelavōδιατελεῖτε | happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural | continued | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diatelamō | diatelame | diatelami | diatelama | diatelamē | diatelamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | diatelasō | diatelase | diatelasi | diatelasa | diatelasē | diatelaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diatelatō | diatelate | diatelati | diatelata | diatelatē | diatelatelē |
| we 1st person plural | diatelanō | diatelane | diatelani | diatelana | diatelanē | diatelanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | diatelavō1×διατελεῖτε | diatelave | diatelavi | diatelava | diatelavē | diatelavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | diatelalō | diatelale | diatelali | diatelala | diatelalē | diatelalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diatelameiō | diatelameia | diatelameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | diatelaseiō | diatelaseia | diatelaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diatelateiō | diatelateia | diatelateiē |
| we 1st person plural | diatelaneiō | diatelaneia | diatelaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | diatelaveiō | diatelaveia | diatelaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | diatelaleiō | diatelaleia | diatelaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | diatelasōr | diatelasar | diatelasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diatelatōr | diatelatar | diatelatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | diatelavōr | diatelavar | diatelavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | diatelalōr | diatelalar | diatelalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | diatelamoiō | diatelamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | diatelasoiō | diatelasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | diatelatoiō | diatelatoia |
| we 1st person plural | diatelanoiō | diatelanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | diatelavoiō | diatelavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | diatelaloiō | diatelaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | diatelarō | diatelari | diatelara | diatelarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | diatelarōntos | diatelarintos | diatelarantos | diatelarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
diatel is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
diatelavō“continued”happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural1×
Acts 27:33“continued”… legarōntos; Tessareskaidekatan sēmeron hēmeran prosdokarōntois asitois diatelavō, mēdenem proslaberantois;… to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant …