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διατρίβω

diatribō · stay, spend time

Greek word · Strong’s number G1304 · appears 9 times in the Bible

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What it means

diatribō (διατρίβω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “stay, spend time”.

Stay, spend some time.

How to say it

di·a·tri·bō

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To remain a while in a place.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • stayed ×3
  • staying ×3
  • they stayed ×2
  • he spent time ×1

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Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • John 3:22

    After this Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea, and there he spent time with them and was immersing.

  • Acts 12:19

    And Herod, after searching for him and not finding him, examined the guards and ordered them to be led away; and going down from Judea to Caesarea, he stayed there.

  • Acts 14:3

    So they stayed a long time, speaking boldly in reliance on the Lord, who was testifying to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.

  • Acts 14:28

    And they stayed no little time with the disciples.

  • Acts 15:35

    But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming the good news of the word of the Lord, with many others also.

  • Acts 16:12

    and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. And we were staying in this city some days.

  • Acts 20:6

    But we sailed away after the days of Unleavened Bread from Philippi, and came to them at Troas within five days, where we stayed seven days.

  • Acts 25:6

    And after staying among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he ordered Paul to be brought.

  • Acts 25:14

    And as they were staying there several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left by Felix as a prisoner,