Quick Definition
διηνεκής, ές Adj continuous, continually
Strong's Definition
neuter of a compound of 1223 and a derivative of an alternate of 5342; carried through, i.e. (adverbially with 1519 and 3588 prefixed) perpetually
KJV Usage: + continually, for ever
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές
67.95 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
Collocation: εἰς τὸ διηνεκές
always, forever, forever and ever, eternally unlimited duration of time, with particular focus upon the future
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δι-ηνεκής, -ἐς, (fr. διήνεγκα, διαφέρω, as the simple nvexns fr. ἤνεγκα, φέρω), fr. Hom. down, continuous: εἰς τὸ διηνεκές, continually, Heb. vii. 3; x. 1, 12, 14, (dr κτάτωρ ἐς τὸ διηνεκὲς ἡρέθη, App. b. c. 1, 4).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διηνεκής diēnekēs 4x
continuous, uninterrupted; εἰς τὸ διηνεκές, perpetually, Heb. 7:3; 10:1, 12, 14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** δι-ηνεκής, -ές
(< διήνεγκα, aor. of διαφέρω) [in Sm.: Ps 47 (48):15, 88 (89):30 ;]
unbroken, continuous: adverbially, εἰς τὸ δ., continually (for exx., v. Deiss., BS, 251), He 7:3 10:1, 12, 14.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διηνεκής. In NT peculiar to Heb, and there only in the locution εἰς τὸ Sinvekés = 2 Perpetuum. This occurs twice in P Ryl II. 427 (end of ii/A.D.), once without context and once following μισθώσασθαι. Deissmann (AS, p. 251) cites 77741ὲ 78618 (Imperial) τετειμημένος és τὸ Srevexés. The adj. was in use, as may be seen from BGU II. 646% (a.p. 193) εὐχομένους ὑπέρ τε τοῦ διηνεκοῦς αὐτοκρατοῦς, Sy// 54018 (B.C. 175-1)ὴ ποιῶν ὀρθὰ πάντα πρὸς κανόνα διηνεκῆ μὴ ἐλάττω τοῦ ἐνεργουμένου λίθου, OG/S 66985 (i/A.D.) od] (sc. τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ) [καὶ πε]ρὶ τῆς πάντων [ἡμ]ῶϊν] σωτηρίας ἧι (1. ἢ) δ[ιη]νεκὴς [εὐ]εργεσίαι (/.—(a) καὶ πρόνοιά [ἐστιν. In P Lips I. 26° (beginning of iv/A.p.) we have ἐπὶ τὸ Sinve[k]és. For the adv. διηνεκῶς see OG/S 194" (B.C. 42) ἀνενλιπεῖς μὲν διηνεκῶς [παρὰ τοῦτον τὸν xpdvjov πάντας πάντων ἐτήρησεν. The ἡ, where a φιίγεηι would be expected in Attic, suggests that the word generally came into Attic literature from Ionic poetry—it is found in Homer. See Mayser G7. p. 13.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διηνεκής (diēnekēs) — perpetual. διηνεκής, Doric dialect διᾱνεκής (see. below) [Refs 1st c.AD+], ές:— continuous, unbroken, ἀτραπιτοί τε διηνεκέες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νώτοισι.. διηνεκέεσσι with slices cut the whole length of the chine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰ ὦλκα διηνεκέα προταμοίμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄρος δ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὸ δ. regularity, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of Time, perpetual, δ. νυκτί [Refs 2nd c.AD+] adverb διηνεκέως in phrase δ. ἀγορεύειν to tell from beginning to end, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (distinctly, positively,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect and Doric dialect διανεκῶς without ceasing, εὕδειν [Refs 6th c.BC+]; διηνεκῶς once in Trag., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also εἰς τὸ διηνεκές in perpetuity, [NT+2nd c.AD+]; -κῶς invariably, opposed to πλεονάκις, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] — The Aeolic dialect and _Doric dialect_ form διᾱνεκής is used also in Attic dialect, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but νόμος διηνεκής a perpetual law is read in [Refs 5th c.BC+]