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Persevere
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;" Ephesians 6:18
The Greek word proskarteresis [1] only appears once in the Bible and is translated as "perseverance ". As we can see there are many other words that mean virtually the same thing.
Continue
To persevere means to continue and we find a similar word proskartereo[2] from two words the preposition pros and kartereo meaning steadfast which is almost always translate to some form of continue'. It is defined "to adhere to one.... to be devoted or constant... to be steadfastly attentive unto".
- Mark 3:9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on <4342> him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
- Acts 1:14 These all continued <4342> with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
- Acts 2:42 And they continued stedfastly <4342> in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
- Acts 2:46 And they, continuing <4342> daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
- Acts 6:4 But we will give ourselves continually <4342> to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
- Acts 8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued <4342> with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
- Acts 10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on <4342> him continually <4342>;
- Romans 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant <4342> in prayer;
- Romans 13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually <4342> upon this very thing.
- Colossians 4:2 Continue <4342> in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
- ↑ 4343 ~προσκαρτέρησις~ proskarteresis \@pros-kar-ter’-ay-sis\@ from 4342; TDNT-3:619,417; {See TDNT 361} n f AV-perseverance 1; 1
- 1) perseverance
- ↑ 4342 ~προσκαρτερέω~ proskartereo \@pros-kar-ter-eh’-o\@ from the preposition pros and kartereo meaning steadfast; TDNT-3:618,417; {See TDNT 361} v AV-continue 4, continue instant 1, continue steadfastly 1, attend continually 1, give (one’s) self continually 1, wait on 1, wait on continually 1; 10
- 1) to adhere to one, be his adherent, to be devoted or constant to one
- 2) to be steadfastly attentive unto, to give unremitting care to a thing
- 3) to continue all the time in a place
- 4) to persevere and not to faint
- 5) to show one’s self courageous for
- 6) to be in constant readiness for one, wait on constantly