Strong G5432φρουρέω
to guard
- Transliteration
- phroureō
- Pronunciation
- froo-reh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
φρουρέω, -ῶ
(φρουρός, a guard), [in LXX: I Est.4:56, Jdth.3:6, Wis.17:16, 1Ma.11:3 *;]
to guard, keep under guard, protect or keep by guarding: 2Co.11:32; metaphorically, Gal.3:23, Php.4:7, 1Pe.1:5.†
(AS)
(φρουρός, a guard), [in LXX: I Est.4:56, Jdth.3:6, Wis.17:16, 1Ma.11:3 *;]
to guard, keep under guard, protect or keep by guarding: 2Co.11:32; metaphorically, Gal.3:23, Php.4:7, 1Pe.1:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5432 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- keep4
- garrison1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
- Galatians 3:23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
- Philippians 4:7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
- 1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
φρουρ-έω,
poetical imperfect φρούρουν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 915)]: future -ήσω[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 31, etc.)]: aorist ἐφρούρησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30, etc.:)] —middle, future -ήσομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 603:)] —passive, aorist ἐφρουρήθην[Refs ([prev. work] 1390)]: perfect πεφρούρημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 23 (2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista), (δια-) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 265)]: (φρουρός):—keep watch or guard, ἐν Ἐλεφαντίνῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], compare 9.106, “IG” 12.99.21, “OGI” 38.1 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; of ships, φ. περὶ Ναύπακτον or ἐν Ναυπάκτῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.80, 83)]; φ. ἐπί τινι to keep watch over.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 35 (_anapaest meter_))]; οἱ φρουροῦντες the guardians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 763d; συνάπτειν.. φρουροῦντας.. φρουροῦσι [prev. work] 758b)]; proverbial, ἐν παντὶ.. σκορπίος φ. λίθῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 37)]; generally, 'keep a sharp look-out', [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 915.)]
II transitive, watch, guard, τὴν χώρην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.90; τὴν γέφυραν [prev. author] 4.133; τὴν ἀτραπόν [prev. author] 7.217; βρέτας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1024; σὲ δαίμων.. φρουρήσας τύχοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1479)]; τὴν Ποτείδαιαν φ. garrison it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3. [17], compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.17, etc.)]; φυλακαῖσι φ. σῶμ᾽ Ὀδυσσέως set a watch over.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 690: _metaphorically_, φ. πέτραν)] keep watch over it, of Prometheus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 31)]; στόμα εὔφημον φρουρεῖν ἀγαθόν keep silence, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 98 (_anapaest meter_); ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ θεοῦ.. φρουρήσει τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν NT.Phil.4.7)]:—passive, to be watched or guarded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.203, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 218, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1013, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 995, etc.)]: of the watch kept by besiegers, κύκλῳ φρουρούμενος ὑπὸ πάντων πολεμίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 579b.)]
II.b hold in subjection, opposed to παραφυλάττειν, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.4.6.)]
II.c Astrology texts, occupy, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 106.18.)]
II.d bind, ἁλύσεσι πεφρουρημένος [Refs (“PMag.Par.” 1.3093.)]
II.2 watch for, observe, φρουρῶν τόδ᾽ ἦμαρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 27; φ. ὄμμα ἐπὶ σῷ.. καιρῷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 151 (Lyric poetry))]; φ. χρέος to be observant of one's duty, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 74.)]
III middle, to be on one's guard against, beware of, with accusative, φρουρούμενος βέλεμνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1135)]:—active also in the same sense, ἐφρούρει μηδὲν ἐξαμαρτάνειν [Refs ([prev. author] “Supp.” 900)]; φ. ὅπως or ὅπως ἂν.., with subjunctive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1402, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 742)]; φ. μή.., with subjunctive, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 1139.)]
poetical imperfect φρούρουν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 915)]: future -ήσω[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 31, etc.)]: aorist ἐφρούρησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30, etc.:)] —middle, future -ήσομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 603:)] —passive, aorist ἐφρουρήθην[Refs ([prev. work] 1390)]: perfect πεφρούρημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 23 (2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista), (δια-) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 265)]: (φρουρός):—keep watch or guard, ἐν Ἐλεφαντίνῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], compare 9.106, “IG” 12.99.21, “OGI” 38.1 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; of ships, φ. περὶ Ναύπακτον or ἐν Ναυπάκτῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.80, 83)]; φ. ἐπί τινι to keep watch over.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 35 (_anapaest meter_))]; οἱ φρουροῦντες the guardians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 763d; συνάπτειν.. φρουροῦντας.. φρουροῦσι [prev. work] 758b)]; proverbial, ἐν παντὶ.. σκορπίος φ. λίθῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 37)]; generally, 'keep a sharp look-out', [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 915.)]
II transitive, watch, guard, τὴν χώρην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.90; τὴν γέφυραν [prev. author] 4.133; τὴν ἀτραπόν [prev. author] 7.217; βρέτας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1024; σὲ δαίμων.. φρουρήσας τύχοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1479)]; τὴν Ποτείδαιαν φ. garrison it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3. [17], compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.17, etc.)]; φυλακαῖσι φ. σῶμ᾽ Ὀδυσσέως set a watch over.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 690: _metaphorically_, φ. πέτραν)] keep watch over it, of Prometheus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 31)]; στόμα εὔφημον φρουρεῖν ἀγαθόν keep silence, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 98 (_anapaest meter_); ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ θεοῦ.. φρουρήσει τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν NT.Phil.4.7)]:—passive, to be watched or guarded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.203, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 218, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1013, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 995, etc.)]: of the watch kept by besiegers, κύκλῳ φρουρούμενος ὑπὸ πάντων πολεμίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 579b.)]
II.b hold in subjection, opposed to παραφυλάττειν, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.4.6.)]
II.c Astrology texts, occupy, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 106.18.)]
II.d bind, ἁλύσεσι πεφρουρημένος [Refs (“PMag.Par.” 1.3093.)]
II.2 watch for, observe, φρουρῶν τόδ᾽ ἦμαρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 27; φ. ὄμμα ἐπὶ σῷ.. καιρῷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 151 (Lyric poetry))]; φ. χρέος to be observant of one's duty, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 74.)]
III middle, to be on one's guard against, beware of, with accusative, φρουρούμενος βέλεμνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1135)]:—active also in the same sense, ἐφρούρει μηδὲν ἐξαμαρτάνειν [Refs ([prev. author] “Supp.” 900)]; φ. ὅπως or ὅπως ἂν.., with subjunctive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1402, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 742)]; φ. μή.., with subjunctive, [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 1139.)]