Proskartereo means “instant in” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4342 — makbir (“abundance”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4342 προσκαρτερέω (proskartereo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. proskartereo (pros-kar-ter-eh'-o) v. 1. to be earnest towards 2. (to a thing) to persevere, be constantly diligent It has 14 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include all and thing. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
proskartereo (pros-kar-ter-eh'-o) v. 1. to be earnest towards 2. (to a thing) to persevere, be constantly diligent 3. (in a place) to attend assiduously all the exercises 4. (to a person) to adhere closely to (as a servitor) [from G4314 and G2594] KJV: attend (give self) continually (upon), continue (in, instant in, with), wait on (continually) Root(s): G4314, G2594
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4342. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to continue in/with
Usage: προσ-καρτερέω, -ῶ (καρτερός, strong, stedfast) [in LXX: Num.13:21 (חָזַק hith.), Tob.5:8 א, Da Th Su 1:6* ;] to attend constantly, continue stedfastly, adhere to, wait on: with dative of person(s), Mrk.3:9, Act.8:13 10:7; with dative of thing(s), Act.1:14 2:42 6:4, Rom.12:12, Col.4:2; before ἐν, Act.2:46; εἰς, Rom.13:6.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render proskartereo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4342 (προσκαρτερέω) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
10 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees in it or no: and ye shall persevere and take of the fruits of the land: and the days were the days of spring, the forerunners of the grape.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Then he said unto him, Go, and tarry not. So he went in and said to his father, Behold, I have found one which will go with me. Then he said, Call him unto me, that I may know of what tribe he is, and whether he be a trusty man to go with thee.
Now these were among them of the children of Judah, Daniel, and Hananiah, and Azariah, and Mishael.
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4342.
And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees in it or no: and ye shall persevere and take of the fruits of the land: and the days were the days of spring, the forerunners of the grape.
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
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 him continually;
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Then he said unto him, Go, and tarry not. So he went in and said to his father, Behold, I have found one which will go with me. Then he said, Call him unto me, that I may know of what tribe he is, and whether he be a trusty man to go with thee.
Now these were among them of the children of Judah, Daniel, and Hananiah, and Azariah, and Mishael.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4342, grouped by book.
Proskartereo (Strong's G4342) is a Greek word most simply glossed "instant in". proskartereo (pros-kar-ter-eh'-o) v. 1. to be earnest towards 2. (to a thing) to persevere, be constantly diligent
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's G4342 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4342 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as all and thing. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4342, with linked reader references where each row is available.