Strong's G5083 · Greek

τηρέω

tereo · tay-reh'-o

from teros (a watch; perhaps akin to 2334); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from 5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from 2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophec

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

τηρέω (G5083)

70 τηρέω , -ῶ [in LXX for שָׁמַר , נָצַר , etc. ;] to watch over, guard, keep, preserve : Mt 27:36 , Ac 16:23 , al.; ἑαυτόν , II Co 11:9 , I Ti 5:22 , Ja 1:27 , Ju 21 ; seq. εἰς , Jo 12:7 , Ac 25:21 , I Pe 1:4 , II Pe 2:4 , 9 3:7 , Ju 6 ; ἐν , Jo 17:11 , 12 , Ju 21 ; ἐκ , Jo 17:15 , Re 3:10 ; τ. πίστιν , II Ti 4:7 , Re 14:12 ; τ. ἑνότητα τ. πνεύματος , Eph 4:3 . to watch, give heed to, observe : τ. σάββατον , Jo 9:16 ; τ. ἐντολήν ( -άς ), Mt 19:17 , Jo 14:15 15:10 , I Ti 6:14 , I Jo 2:3 , 4 3:22 , 24 5:3 , Re 12:17 14:12 ; τ. λόγον ( -ους ), Jo 8:51 , 52 , 55 14:23 , 24 15:20 17:6 , I Jo 2:5 , Re 3:8 , 10 22:7 , 9 ; τ. νόμον , Ac 15:5 , Ja 2:10 ; τ. παράδοσιν , Mk 7:9 ; τ. ἔργα , Re 2:26 ; τ. γεγραμμένα , Re 1:3 (cf. δια- , παρα- , συν-τηρέω ) SYN. : φυλάσσω , implying custody and protection: τ. expresses the idea of watchful care and "may mark the result of which φ. is the means" (Thayer s.v.).

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