διατήρησις

εως, ἡ
A. preservation, LXX Ex. 16.33,al.; ἑαυτῶν D.S. 2.50; τῶν ἁγίων Ph. 1.203; γένους J. AJ 1.3.2, etc.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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