Strong's #4739: steko (pronounced stay'-ko)
from the perfect tense of 2476; to be stationary, i.e. (figuratively) to persevere:--stand (fast).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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stēkō
1) to stand firm
2) to persevere, to persist
3) to keep one' s standing
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: from the perfect tense of G2476
Citing in TDNT: 7:636, 1082
Usage:
This word is used 8 times:
Mark 11:25: "And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught"
Romans 14:4: "servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up:"
1 Corinthians 16:13: "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."
Galatians 5:1: " Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free,"
Philippians 1:27: "I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit,"
Philippians 4:1: "and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved."
1 Thessalonians 3:8: "we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord."
2 Thessalonians 2:15: "Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions"