- Original: διατηρέω - Transliteration: Diatereo - Phonetic: dee-at-ay-reh'-o - Definition: 1. to keep continually or carefully - Origin: from G1223 and G5083 - TDNT entry: 10:31,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G1223 and G5083 ; to watch thoroughly that is (positively and transitively) to observe strictly or (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly: - keep. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • keep, 1 Act 15:29 • kept, 1 Luke 2:51