Lexical Summary diatribō: to rub hard, rub away, to spend time Original Word: διατρίβωTransliteration: diatribō Phonetic Spelling: (dee-at-ree'-bo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to rub hard, rub away, to spend time Meaning: to rub hard, rub away, to spend time Strong's Concordance abide, be, continue, tarry. From dia and the base of tribos; to wear through (time), i.e. Remain -- abide, be, continue, tarry. see GREEK dia see GREEK tribos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1304: διατρίβωδιατρίβω; imperfect διέτριβον; 1 aorist διετριψα; to rub between, rub hard, (properly, Homer, Iliad 11, 847, others); to wear away, consume; χρόνον or ἡμέρας, to spend, pass time: Acts 14:3, 28; Acts 16:12; Acts 20:6; Acts 25:6, 14 (Leviticus 14:8; Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others); simply to stay, tarry, (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127); Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)): John 3:22; John 11:54 (WH Tr text ἔμεινεν); Acts 12:19; Acts 14:18 (Lachmann edition min.); |