δια-τελέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Deu.9:7 (הָיָה), Jer.20:7, 18 (כָּלָה), Est.8:13, 2Ma.5:27 * ;]
prop. trans., to accomplish; used with ellipse of obj. as intrans. (Bl., § 81, 1), and joined to participles (in Ac, Lc., to adj.; see Bl., § 73, 4) with adverbial sense (= continuously), to continue: Act.27:33.†
(AS)