Strong G5083G5083Gτηρέω
to keep: observe
One of the 3 senses of Strong G5083
- Transliteration
- tēreō
- Pronunciation
- tay-reh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
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.
Detailed definition
τηρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for שָׁמַר, נָצַר, etc.;]
1. to watch over, guard, keep, preserve: Mat.27:36, Act.16:23, al.; ἑαυτόν, 2Co.11:9, 1Ti.5:22, Jas.1:27, Ju 21; before εἰς, Jhn.12:7, Act.25:21, 1Pe.1:4, 2Pe.2:4 2:9 3:7, Ju 6; ἐν, Jhn.17:11-12, Ju 21; ἐκ, Jhn.17:15, Rev.3:10; τ. πίστιν, 2Ti.4:7, Rev.14:12; τ. ἑνότητα τ. πνεύματος, Eph.4:3.
2. to watch, give heed to, observe: τ. σάββατον, Jhn.9:16; τ. ἐντολήν (-άς), Mat.19:17, Jhn.14:15 15:10, 1Ti.6:14, 1Jn.2:3-4 Jn 3:22 Jn 3:24 Jn 5:3, Rev.12:17 14:12; τ. λόγον (-ους), Jhn.8:51-52, 55 14:23-24 15:20 17:6, 1Jn.2:5, Rev.3:8, 10 22:7, 9; τ. νόμον, Act.15:5, Jas.2:10; τ. παράδοσιν, Mrk.7:9; τ. ἔργα, Rev.2:26; τ. γεγραμμένα, Rev.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 see word) (AS)
[in LXX for שָׁמַר, נָצַר, etc.;]
1. to watch over, guard, keep, preserve: Mat.27:36, Act.16:23, al.; ἑαυτόν, 2Co.11:9, 1Ti.5:22, Jas.1:27, Ju 21; before εἰς, Jhn.12:7, Act.25:21, 1Pe.1:4, 2Pe.2:4 2:9 3:7, Ju 6; ἐν, Jhn.17:11-12, Ju 21; ἐκ, Jhn.17:15, Rev.3:10; τ. πίστιν, 2Ti.4:7, Rev.14:12; τ. ἑνότητα τ. πνεύματος, Eph.4:3.
2. to watch, give heed to, observe: τ. σάββατον, Jhn.9:16; τ. ἐντολήν (-άς), Mat.19:17, Jhn.14:15 15:10, 1Ti.6:14, 1Jn.2:3-4 Jn 3:22 Jn 3:24 Jn 5:3, Rev.12:17 14:12; τ. λόγον (-ους), Jhn.8:51-52, 55 14:23-24 15:20 17:6, 1Jn.2:5, Rev.3:8, 10 22:7, 9; τ. νόμον, Act.15:5, Jas.2:10; τ. παράδοσιν, Mrk.7:9; τ. ἔργα, Rev.2:26; τ. γεγραμμένα, Rev.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 see word) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5083G appears in 35 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- keep24
- keepeth8
- observe2
- hold1
First verses
- Matthew 19:17And 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.
- Matthew 23:3All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
- Matthew 28:20Teaching 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.
- John 8:51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
- John 8:52Then 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.
- John 8:55Yet 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.
- John 9:16Therefore 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.
- John 14:15If ye love me, keep my commandments.
- John 14:21He 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.
- John 14:23Jesus 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.
- John 14:24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
- John 15:10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
- John 15:20Remember 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.
- John 17:6I 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.
- Acts 15:5But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
- 1 Timothy 6:14That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- 2 Timothy 4:7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- James 2:10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
- 1 John 2:3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- 1 John 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τηρ-έω
(τη- also in Doric dialect, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 23.77, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.88, compare διατηρέω))], perfect τετήρηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 24, etc.)]:—watch over, take care of, guard, δώματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 142; πόλιν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus [same place], compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 210; τὰς κύνας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.1; τὴν ἀσφάλειαν τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.8)]; rarely of persons, δαιμόνων.., αἵτινες τηροῦμεν ὑμᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 579 (troch.))]; τ. τὴν ἀρχήν maintain it, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.32.2; τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀξίωμα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.15:)] —passive, τὸ ἔξωθεν [τεῖχος] ἐτηρεῖτο was constantly guarded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13:)]future middle τηρήσομαι in passive sense, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.30.)]
2 τ. ὅπως.. ἔσται take care that.. , [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1309b16; ὅπως μηθὲν παρανομῶσι [prev. work] 1307b31)]; τ. μὴ.. cavere ne.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 580, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169c; τ. ἐμέ, ὅπως μὴ ἐξαπατήσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.276)]: also in middle, τηρώμεσθ᾽, ὅπως μὴ.. αἰσθήσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 372; τηροῦ μὴ λάβῃς ὑπώπια [prev. work] 1386.)]
3 τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ πυρός protect them from the fire, i.e. cook them slowly, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ.[Refs (P. 10.)]
II give heed to, watch narrowly, observe, τηρῶ αὐτοὺς οὐδὲ δοκῶν ὁρᾶν κλέπτοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1145, compare “V.” 364; τὰς ἁμαρτίας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.60; ἐκεῖνο τ. μὴ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 146, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 442a; τ. ὅ τι καὶ δράσει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 946.)]
II.2 watch for a person or thing, with a participle, παραστείχοντα τηρήσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 808)]; ἔνδον ὄντα τηρήσαντες αὐτόν having watched for his being within, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134)]; τ. τὸν πορθμὸν κατιόντος τοῦ ἀνέμου watching for a crossing with the wind blowing down, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.2)]; τ. τινὰ ἀνιόντα watch for one's coming up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.17: with _accusative_ only, ἄνεμον τηρῆσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.65; τ. νύκτα χειμέριον [prev. author] 3.22, compare 4.27)]; νύκτα καὶ ὕδωρ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.103; τ. τοὺς ἀστέρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 292a8)]; τὴν θήραν τ. [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 623a13; τ. καιρόν [prev. author] “Rh.” 1382b10:)] —passive, ὁ καιρὸς ἐτηρήθη was watched for, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.71.)]
II.3 absolutely, watch, keep watch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.80, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1167b13)]: with infinitive, watch or look out, so as to.., ἐτήρουν ἀνέμῳ καταφέρεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26.)]
II.4 observe, notice, [μετακόσμησιν σωμάτων] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.41; τὸν χαρακτῆρα τῆς φράσεως [prev. author] “Vit. Hippocr.” 13; τὸ πολὺ μὲν οὕτως ἀποβαίνειν τετήρηται 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).13.)]
II.5 test by observation or trial, τετηρημένον βοήθημα an approved method of treatment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.22.3; τετήρηνται χρησιμεύοντές τισι [prev. author][prev. work] 21.9)]; as Empiric term, τετηρημένης ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς τῆς θεραπείας, οὐκ ἐνδεικτικῶς εὑρισκομένης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.361; Μηνόδοτος ὁ ἐμπειρικός, ἐπὶ μόνῃ τῇ πληθωρικῇ καλουμένῃ συνδρομῇ φάσκων τετηρῆσθαι φλεβοτομίαν [prev. author] 15.766.)]
III observe or keep an engagement, ὅρκους [NT+5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 239; παρακαταθήκας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.22; ἀπόρρητα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.31; εἰρήνην 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.89; τὸ πρέπον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.35; τὴν πίστιν NT.2Tim.4.7.)]
III.2 preserve, retain, τὰς αἰσθήσεις uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.5U., compare 2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1055.9,10; ἰδιότητας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.154 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; τὴν ποιότητα 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.51; τὴν τροφὸν ἐπ᾽ ὀλιγοποσίας.. τ. [prev. work] 118, compare 46, +others:—in 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.125 there is a double use.)]
(τη- also in Doric dialect, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 23.77, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.88, compare διατηρέω))], perfect τετήρηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 24, etc.)]:—watch over, take care of, guard, δώματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 142; πόλιν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus [same place], compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 210; τὰς κύνας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.1; τὴν ἀσφάλειαν τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.8)]; rarely of persons, δαιμόνων.., αἵτινες τηροῦμεν ὑμᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 579 (troch.))]; τ. τὴν ἀρχήν maintain it, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.32.2; τὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀξίωμα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.15:)] —passive, τὸ ἔξωθεν [τεῖχος] ἐτηρεῖτο was constantly guarded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13:)]future middle τηρήσομαι in passive sense, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.30.)]
2 τ. ὅπως.. ἔσται take care that.. , [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1309b16; ὅπως μηθὲν παρανομῶσι [prev. work] 1307b31)]; τ. μὴ.. cavere ne.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 580, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169c; τ. ἐμέ, ὅπως μὴ ἐξαπατήσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.276)]: also in middle, τηρώμεσθ᾽, ὅπως μὴ.. αἰσθήσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 372; τηροῦ μὴ λάβῃς ὑπώπια [prev. work] 1386.)]
3 τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ πυρός protect them from the fire, i.e. cook them slowly, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ.[Refs (P. 10.)]
II give heed to, watch narrowly, observe, τηρῶ αὐτοὺς οὐδὲ δοκῶν ὁρᾶν κλέπτοντας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1145, compare “V.” 364; τὰς ἁμαρτίας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.60; ἐκεῖνο τ. μὴ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 146, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 442a; τ. ὅ τι καὶ δράσει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 946.)]
II.2 watch for a person or thing, with a participle, παραστείχοντα τηρήσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 808)]; ἔνδον ὄντα τηρήσαντες αὐτόν having watched for his being within, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134)]; τ. τὸν πορθμὸν κατιόντος τοῦ ἀνέμου watching for a crossing with the wind blowing down, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.2)]; τ. τινὰ ἀνιόντα watch for one's coming up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.17: with _accusative_ only, ἄνεμον τηρῆσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.65; τ. νύκτα χειμέριον [prev. author] 3.22, compare 4.27)]; νύκτα καὶ ὕδωρ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.103; τ. τοὺς ἀστέρας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 292a8)]; τὴν θήραν τ. [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 623a13; τ. καιρόν [prev. author] “Rh.” 1382b10:)] —passive, ὁ καιρὸς ἐτηρήθη was watched for, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.71.)]
II.3 absolutely, watch, keep watch, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.80, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1167b13)]: with infinitive, watch or look out, so as to.., ἐτήρουν ἀνέμῳ καταφέρεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26.)]
II.4 observe, notice, [μετακόσμησιν σωμάτων] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.41; τὸν χαρακτῆρα τῆς φράσεως [prev. author] “Vit. Hippocr.” 13; τὸ πολὺ μὲν οὕτως ἀποβαίνειν τετήρηται 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).13.)]
II.5 test by observation or trial, τετηρημένον βοήθημα an approved method of treatment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.22.3; τετήρηνται χρησιμεύοντές τισι [prev. author][prev. work] 21.9)]; as Empiric term, τετηρημένης ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς τῆς θεραπείας, οὐκ ἐνδεικτικῶς εὑρισκομένης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.361; Μηνόδοτος ὁ ἐμπειρικός, ἐπὶ μόνῃ τῇ πληθωρικῇ καλουμένῃ συνδρομῇ φάσκων τετηρῆσθαι φλεβοτομίαν [prev. author] 15.766.)]
III observe or keep an engagement, ὅρκους [NT+5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 239; παρακαταθήκας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.22; ἀπόρρητα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.31; εἰρήνην 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.89; τὸ πρέπον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.35; τὴν πίστιν NT.2Tim.4.7.)]
III.2 preserve, retain, τὰς αἰσθήσεις uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.5U., compare 2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1055.9,10; ἰδιότητας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.154 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; τὴν ποιότητα 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.51; τὴν τροφὸν ἐπ᾽ ὀλιγοποσίας.. τ. [prev. work] 118, compare 46, +others:—in 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.125 there is a double use.)]