τηρέω (tēréō | tay-reh'-o)

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[Grk] τηρέω LN: 13.32, 36.19, 37.122 GK: G5498" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5498 Hebrew: נָצַר‎, צָפַן‎, קוּם‎, שְׁכַח‎, שָׁמַע‎, שָׁמַר‎

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Derivation: from τερός (a watch;
Strong's: perhaps akin to G2334" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2334); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. 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); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried)
KJV: --hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.
See: G2334" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2334
See: G5442" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5442
See: G2892" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2892