Strong G5083G5083Hτηρέω
to keep: guard
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 G5083H appears in 15 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- reserve7
- keep6
- watch2
- keeper1
First verses
- Matthew 27:36And sitting down they watched him there;
- Matthew 27:54Now 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.
- Matthew 28:4And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
- Acts 12:5Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
- Acts 12:6And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
- Acts 16:23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
- Acts 24:23And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
- Acts 25:4But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
- Acts 25:21But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Cesar.
- 2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
- 2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
- 2 Peter 2:17These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
- 2 Peter 3:7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
- Jude 1:6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
- Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
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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.)]