G2145 G2145
Constant attendance, devoted service; persistent availability and focus
This rare compound adjective describes persistent, undistracted attendance or devotion to someone or something. Paul uses it in 1 Corinthians 7:35 regarding the unmarried state: it promotes 'undivided devotion to the Lord' (literally, 'constant attendance'). The word suggests being readily available, attentive, and focused without the divided loyalties that marriage necessarily brings.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Paul's discussion of marriage and singleness (1 Corinthians 7:35) presents this quality as an advantage of the unmarried state—they can offer constant, undivided attendance to the Lord's work without the legitimate competing claims of spouse and family. The translations ('constant-attendance,' 'devoción-constante,' 'assidu,' 'ungestoert') emphasize both persistence and freedom from distraction. This isn't superiority but practical reality: singleness allows certain kinds of focused devotion. 1×
AR["المُلازِمَةِ"]·ben["নিরন্তর"]·DE["ungestoert"]·EN["constant-attendance"]·FR["assidu"]·heb["מְסֻרִים"]·HI["स्थिरता-से"]·ID["berbakti"]·IT["assiduo"]·jav["setya"]·KO["헌신함"]·PT["dedicado"]·RU["преданного"]·ES["devoción-constante"]·SW["kuwa-karibu-na"]·TR["iyi bir şekilde oturmuş"]·urd["باقاعدگی-سے"]
Related Senses
H8104 1. Qal: keep, observe (law/covenant) (399×)G3101 1. disciple, learner (263×)H5826 1. Qal: to help, aid (53×)H8334 1. to minister, serve (52×)H8334 2. minister, servant, attendant (46×)G5083 1. observe or obey commands (41×)H8104 2. Niphal: beware, take heed (34×)G1247 1. to serve or minister to (32×)H3256 1. discipline, chastise (Piel active) (27×)H5833 1. help, aid, assistance (26×)H8104 3. Qal: watch, look out (26×)H5341 1. keep, observe (commandments) (24×)G5083 2. guard or protect someone (23×)H5647 2. serve, minister to (a person) (21×)H5826 2. Qal participle: helper (21×)G5219 1. obey, be obedient to (20×)H5341 2. guard, protect, preserve (a person) (20×)G1398 1. serve, render service to (19×)H5828 1. help, assistance (19×)H5411 1. Nethinim, temple servants (18×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: εὐπάρεδρος, ον, constantly attending, τὸ εὐ. τῷ Κυρίῳ constant waiting on the Lord, NT+5th c.AD+