G5432 – phroureo – φρουρέω – keep (with a garrison)
- Strong’s ID:
- G5432
- Greek Word:
- φρουρέω
- Transliteration:
- phroureo
- Pronunciation:
- froo-reh’-o
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Usage Count:
- 4
- Search:
- Find “phroureo” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from a compound of G4253 and G3708; to be a watcher in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect:—keep (with a garrison). Compare G5083.
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 guard, protect by a military guard, either to prevent hostile invasion, or to keep the inhabitants of a besieged city from flight
2) metaphorically
2a) under the control of the Mosaic law, that he might not escape from its power
2b) to protect by guarding, to keep
2c) by watching and guarding to preserve one for the attainment of 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.