What is the Strong's number for Proskartereo?

The Strong's number for Proskartereo (προσκαρτερέω) is G4342. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Proskartereo (Strong’s G4342): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Proskartereo mean?

Proskartereo (προσκαρτερέω, Strong's G4342) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as to be earnest towards, i.e. (to a thing) to persevere, be constantly diligent, or (in a place) to attend assiduously all the exercises, or (to a person) to adhere closely to (as a servitor). The King James Bible translates it as attend (give self) continually (upon), continue (in, instant in, with), wait on (continually).

Proskartereo (προσκαρτερέω) is the Greek word numbered G4342 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to be earnest towards, i.e. (to a thing) to persevere, be constantly diligent, or (in a place) to attend assiduously all the exercises, or (to a person) to adhere closely to (as a servitor). In the King James Bible it is translated attend (give self) continually (upon), continue (in, instant in, with), wait on (continually)..

προσκαρτερέω

proskarteréō · Greek

Strong’s G4342 · pros-kar-ter-eh'-o

Original wordπροσκαρτερέω
Transliterationproskarteréō
Pronunciationpros-kar-ter-eh'-o
Strong’s numberG4342
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

to be earnest towards, i.e. (to a thing) to persevere, be constantly diligent, or (in a place) to attend assiduously all the exercises, or (to a person) to adhere closely to (as a servitor)

Derivation. from G4314 and G2594;

How the King James Bible translates it

attend (give self) continually (upon), continue (in, instant in, with), wait on (continually).

Where Proskartereo appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Proskartereo (G4342) stands behind 11 English renderings in 10 verses across 4 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Acts (7), Romans (2), Mark (1).

How the King James Bible renders Proskartereo, by count

continually3 of 11 (27 percent)
continued2 of 11 (18 percent)
continue1 of 11 (9 percent)
continuing1 of 11 (9 percent)
instant1 of 11 (9 percent)
stedfastly1 of 11 (9 percent)

Three places to read Proskartereo

Mark 3:9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
Acts 2:46 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,
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 him continually;

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Proskartereo in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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