G5083 – tereo – τηρέω – hold fast, keep(-er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch

Strong’s ID:
G5083
Greek Word:
τηρέω
Transliteration:
tereo
Pronunciation:
tay-reh’-o
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage Count:
75
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Find “tereo” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from τερος teros (a watch; perhaps akin to ); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from , which is properly to prevent escaping; and from , 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):—hold fast, keep(-er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) to attend to carefully, take care of
1a) to guard
1b) metaphorically to keep, one in the state in which he is
1c) to observe
1d) to reserve: to undergo something

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.