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Strong G50833 sensesτηρέω

to keep: observe · to keep: protect · to keep: guard

Transliteration
tēreō
Pronunciation
tay-reh'-o

The 3 senses of Strong G5083

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong G5083 appears in 68 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to keep: observeG5083G35 verses · 9 books
  2. to keep: protectG5083I16 verses · 11 books
  3. to keep: guardG5083H15 verses · 4 books

General definition

From τηρός teros (a watch; perhaps akin to G2334); to guard (from loss or injury properly by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442 which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892 which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus) that is to note (a prophecy; figuratively to fulfil a command); by implication to detain (in custody; figuratively to maintain); by extension to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively to keep unmarried): - hold fast keep (-er) (ob- pre- re) serve watch.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • keep43
  • keepeth10
  • reserve8
  • observe3
  • preserve2
  • watch2
  • hold1
  • keeper1
  • that1

First verses

  1. Matthew 19:17
    And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
  2. Matthew 23:3
    All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
  3. Matthew 27:36
    And sitting down they watched him there;
  4. Matthew 27:54
    Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
  5. Matthew 28:4
    And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
  6. Matthew 28:20
    Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  7. Mark 7:9
    And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
  8. John 2:10
    And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
  9. John 8:51
    Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
  10. John 8:52
    Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
  11. John 8:55
    Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
  12. John 9:16
    Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
  13. John 12:7
    Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
  14. John 14:15
    If ye love me, keep my commandments.
  15. John 14:21
    He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
  16. John 14:23
    Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
  17. John 14:24
    He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
  18. John 15:10
    If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
  19. John 15:20
    Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
  20. John 17:6
    I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.