Strong G5083G5083Iτηρέω
to keep: protect
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 G5083I appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- keep11
- keepeth2
- preserve2
- reserve1
First verses
- John 2:10And 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.
- John 12:7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
- John 17:11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
- John 17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
- John 17:15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
- 1 Corinthians 7:37Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
- 2 Corinthians 11:9And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
- Ephesians 4:3Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
- James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
- 1 Peter 1:4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
- 1 John 5:18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
- Jude 1:1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
- Revelation 3:10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
- Revelation 16:15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
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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.)]