Definition

to extend along, i.e. prolong (in point of time)

Etymology

from G3844 (παρά) and teino (to stretch);

Word family

• παρά pará

How the KJV renders it

• continue

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.