- Transliteration: Phroureo

- Phonetic: froo-reh'-o

- Definition:

1. to guard, protect by a military guard, either to prevent hostile invasion, or to keep the inhabitants of a besieged city from flight

2. metaph.

a. under the control of the Mosaic law, that he might not escape from its power

b. to protect by guarding, to keep

c. by watching and guarding to preserve one for the attainment of something

- Origin: from a compound of G4253" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4253 and G3708" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3708

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From a compound of G4253" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4253 and G3708" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3708; to be a watcher in advance that is to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively to hem in protect: - keep (with a garrison). Compare G5083" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5083.