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Lexicon :: Strong's G5083 - tēreō

Aa
τηρέω
Transliteration
tēreō (Key)
Pronunciation
tay-reh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From teros (a watch, perhaps akin to θεωρέω (G2334))
mGNT
70x in 40 unique form(s)
TR
75x in 40 unique form(s)
LXX
24x in 17 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:140,1174

Strong’s Definitions

τηρέω tēréō, tay-reh'-o; from τερός terós (a watch; perhaps akin to G2334); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from 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):—hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x

The KJV translates Strong's G5083 in the following manner: keep (57x), reserve (8x), observe (4x), watch (2x), preserve (2x), keeper (1x), hold fast (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x
The KJV translates Strong's G5083 in the following manner: keep (57x), reserve (8x), observe (4x), watch (2x), preserve (2x), keeper (1x), hold fast (1x).
  1. to attend to carefully, take care of

    1. to guard

    2. metaph. to keep, one in the state in which he is

    3. to observe

    4. to reserve: to undergo something

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τηρέω tēréō, tay-reh'-o; from τερός terós (a watch; perhaps akin to G2334); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from 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):—hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.
STRONGS G5083:
τηρέω, τηρῶ; imperfect ἐτήρουν; future τηρήσω; 1 aorist ἐτήρησα; perfect τετήρηκα, 3 person plural τετηρήκασιν (John 17:6 R G) and τετήρηκαν (ibid. L T Tr WH (see γίνομαι, at the beginning)); passive, present τηροῦμαι; imperfect ἐτηρουμην; perfect τετήρημαι; 1 aorist ἐτηρήθην; (τηρός, found only once, Aeschylus suppl. 248, where it is doubtful whether it means 'guarding' or 'watching'), from Pindar, Sophocles, Thucydides down; the Sept. several times for שָׁמַר, נָצַר, etc.; to attend to carefully, take care of; i. e.
a. properly, to guard: τινα, a prisoner, Matthew 27:36, 54; Acts 16:23; passive, Acts 12:5; (Acts 24:23); Acts 25:4, 21 (b); τί, Acts 12:6; οἱ τηροῦντες ((R. V.) the watchers) the guards, Matthew 28:4 (Song of Solomon 3:3).
b. metaphorically, to keep: τινα, one in that state in which he is, τήν ἑαυτοῦ παρθένον, his own virgin daughter, namely, as a virgin i. e. unmarried, 1 Corinthians 7:37; ἑαυτόν, himself such as he is, i. e. begotten of God, 1 John 5:18 (but here T Tr WH αὐτόν); with a predicate accusative added: ἁγνόν, 1 Timothy 5:22; ἄσπιλον ἀπό τοῦ κόσμου, James 1:27; ἀβαρῆ τίνι, 2 Corinthians 11:9 (ἁπλουν, Antoninus 6, 30; τινα ἄμεμπτον τῷ Θεῷ, Wis. 10:5); τί with a predicate accusative 1 Timothy 6:14 (but see in c. below); passive, τηροῦμαι, with an adverb, ἀμέμπτως, 1 Thessalonians 5:23; with a dative of the person, Χριστῷ, devoted to Christ (Winer's Grammar, 421 (392)), Jude 1:1; τηρεῖν τινα ἐν τίνι: to keep in i. e. cause one to persevere or stand firm in a thing: ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Θεοῦ (see p. 447b bottom), John 17:11f; ἐν ἀγάπη Θεοῦ, Jude 1:21; τινα ἐκ τίνος, by guarding to cause one to escape in safety out of etc.: ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ, out of the power and assaults of Satan, John 17:15 (cf. Buttmann, 327 (281); Winer's Grammar, 410 (383)); ἐκ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ πειρασμοῦ, Revelation 3:10. to keep: i. e. not to leave, τήν ἀρχήν, Jude 1:6; not to throw away, τά ἱμάτια, Revelation 16:15. to hold firmly: τήν ἑνότητα τοῦ πνεύματος, Ephesians 4:3; anything as a mental deposit, τήν πίστιν, 2 Timothy 4:7; Revelation 14:12 (cf. Winers Grammar, 536 (499); Buttmann, 78 (68)). to show oneself to be actually holding a thing fast, i. e.
c. to observe: namely, πῶς κτλ., Revelation 3:3; τί Matthew 23:3; Acts 21:25 (Rec.); τήν παράδοσιν, Mark 7:9 (WH (rejected) marginal reading στήσητε) (τά ἐκ παραδοσεως τῶν πατέρων, Josephus, Antiquities 13, 10, 6); τόν νόμον, Acts 15:5 and Rec. in Acts 15:24; James 2:10; τό σάββατον, the command respecting sabbath-keeping, John 9:16; τάς ἐντολάς (of either God or Christ), Matthew 19:17; John 14:15, 21; John 15:10; 1 John 2:3; 1 John 3:22, 24; 1 John 5:2 (where L T Tr WH ποιῶμεν); 1 John 5:3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 14:12 (see above, b. at the end); τήν ἐντολήν, 1 Timothy 6:14 (see in b. above; πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην, Matthew 28:20); τόν λόγον, either of Christ or of God, John 8:51f, 55; John 14:23; John 15:20; John 17:6; 1 John 2:5; Revelation 3:8; τούς λόγους, of Christ, John 14:24; τόν λόγον τῆς ὑπομονῆς μου (i. e. Ἰησοῦ), Revelation 3:10; τά ἔργα μου, the works that I command, Revelation 2:26; τούς λόγους τῆς προφητείας, Revelation 22:7; τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου, Revelation 22:9; τά ἐν τῇ προφητεία γεγραμμένα, Revelation 1:3; cf. Lipsius, Paulin. Rechtfertigungsl., p. 194f,
d. to reserve: τινα εἰς τί, to undergo something, 2 Peter 2:4 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 342 (321); εἰς τήν τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ διάγνωσιν, Acts 25:21a); Jude 1:6; τινα εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως, 2 Peter 2:9; τούς οὐρανούς πυρί; (to be burned with fire) εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως, 2 Peter 3:7; τί εἰς τινα, a thing for one's advantage, 1 Peter 1:4; τί εἰς ἡμέραν τινα, to be used some day for some purpose, John 12:7; τί ἕως ἄρτι, John 2:10; τί with the dative of the person, for rewarding or punishing one, passive, 2 Peter 2:17; Jude 1:13. (Compare: διατηρέω, παρατηρέω, συντηρέω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Song of Songs
3:3
Matthew
19:17; 23:3; 27:36; 27:54; 28:4; 28:20
Mark
7:9
John
2:10; 8:51; 8:55; 9:16; 12:7; 14:15; 14:21; 14:23; 14:24; 15:10; 15:20; 17:6; 17:6; 17:11; 17:15
Acts
12:5; 12:6; 15:5; 15:24; 16:23; 21:25; 24:23; 25:4; 25:21; 25:21
1 Corinthians
7:37
2 Corinthians
11:9
Ephesians
4:3
1 Thessalonians
5:23
1 Timothy
5:22; 6:14; 6:14
2 Timothy
4:7
James
1:27; 2:10
1 Peter
1:4
2 Peter
2:4; 2:9; 2:17; 3:7
1 John
2:3; 2:5; 3:22; 3:24; 5:2; 5:3; 5:18
Jude
1:1; 1:6; 1:6; 1:13; 1:21
Revelation
1:3; 2:26; 3:3; 3:8; 3:10; 3:10; 12:17; 14:12; 14:12; 16:15; 22:7; 22:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5083 matches the Greek τηρέω (tēreō),
which occurs 70 times in 64 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 19:17–1Jo 5:18)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:17 - And He said G3004 to him, “Why G5101 are you asking G2065 Me about G4012 what G18 is G18 good G18? There is only One G1520 who is good G18; but if G1487 you want G2309 to enter G1525 life G2222, keep G5083 the commandments G1785.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:3 - Therefore G3767, whatever G3745 G1437 they tell G3004 you, do G4160 and [fn]comply G5083 with G5083 it all G3956, but do not do G4160 [fn]as they do G2041; for they say G3004 things and do not do G4160 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:36 - And sitting G2521 down G2521, they began to keep G5083 watch G5083 over G5083 Him there G1563.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:54 - Now G1161 as for the centurion G1543 and those G3588 who were with him keeping G5083 guard G5083 over G5083 Jesus G2424, when they saw G3708 the earthquake G4578 and the other things that were happening G1096, they became G5399 extremely G4970 frightened G5399 and said G3004, “Truly G230 this G3778 was [fn]the Son G5207 of God G2316!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:4 - The guards G5083 shook G4579 from fear G5401 of him and became G1096 like G5613 dead G3498 men G3498.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:20 - teaching G1321 them to [fn]follow G5083 all G3956 that I commanded G1781 you; and behold G2400, I am G1510 with you [fn]always G3956 G2250, to the end G4930 of the age G165.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:10 - and *said G3004 to him, “Every G3956 man G444 serves G5087 the good G2570 wine G3631 first G4413, and when G3752 the guests are G3184 drunk G3184, then he serves the poorer G1640 wine; but you have kept G5083 the good G2570 wine G3631 until G2193 now G737.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:51 - “Truly G281, truly G281 I say G3004 to you, if G1437 anyone G5100 follows G5083 My word G3056, he will never G3756 G3361 see G2334 death G2288.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:52 - The Jews G2453 said G3004 to Him, “Now G3568 we know G1097 that You have G2192 a demon G1140. Abraham G11 died G599, and the prophets G4396 as well; and yet You say G3004, ‘If G1437 anyone G5100 follows G5083 My word G3056, he will never G3756 G3361 taste G1089 of death G2288.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:55 - and you have not come to know G1097 Him, but I know G6063 Him. And if G2579 I say G3004 that I do not know G6063 Him, I will be a liar G5583 like G3664 you; but I do know G6063 Him, and I follow G5083 His word G3056.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:16 - Therefore G3767 some G5100 of the Pharisees G5330 were saying G3004, “This G3778 Man G444 is not from God G2316, because G3754 He does not keep G5083 the Sabbath G4521.” But others G243 were saying G3004, “How G4459 can G1410 a man G444 who is a sinner G268 perform G2038 such G5108 [fn]signs G4592?” And there was dissension G4978 among G1722 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:7 - Therefore G3767 Jesus G2424 said G3004, “Leave G863 her alone G863, so G2443 that G2443 she may keep G5083 it [fn]for the day G2250 of My burial G1780.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:15 -

“If G1437 you love G25 Me, you will keep G5083 My commandments G1785.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:21 - “The one who has G2192 My commandments G1785 and keeps G5083 them is the one G1565 who loves G25 Me; and the one who loves G25 Me will be loved G25 by My Father G3962, and I will love G25 him and will reveal G1718 Myself G1683 to him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:23 - Jesus G2424 answered G611 and said G3004 to him, “If G1437 anyone G5100 loves G25 Me, he will follow G5083 My word G3056; and My Father G3962 will love G25 him, and We will come G2064 to him and make G4160 Our dwelling G3438 with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:24 - “The one who does not love G25 Me does not follow G5083 My words G3056; and the word G3056 which G3739 you hear G191 is not Mine G1699, but the Father’s G3962 who sent G3992 Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:10 - “If G1437 you keep G5083 My commandments G1785, you will remain G3306 in My love G26; just G2531 as G2531 I have kept G5083 My Father’s G3962 commandments G1785 and remain G3306 in His love G26.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:20 - “Remember G3421 the word G3056 that I said G3004 to you, ‘A slave G1401 is not greater G3173 than his master G2962.’ If G1487 they persecuted G1377 Me, they will persecute G1377 you as G2532 well G2532; if G1487 they followed G5083 My word G3056, they will follow G5083 yours G5212 also G2532.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:6 -

“I have revealed G5319 Your name G3686 to the men G444 whom G3739 You gave G1325 Me out of the world G2889; they were Yours G4771 and You gave G1325 them to Me, and they have followed G5083 Your word G3056.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:11 - “I am G1510 no G3765 longer G3765 going to be in the world G2889; and yet they themselves G846 are in the world G2889, and I am coming G2064 to You. Holy G40 Father G3962, keep G5083 them in Your name G3686, the name which G3739 You have given G1325 Me, so G2443 that G2443 they may be one G1520 just G2531 as G2531 We are.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12 - “While G3753 I was with them, I was keeping G5083 them in Your name G3686, which G3739 You have given G1325 Me; and I guarded G5442 them, and not one G3762 of them perished G622 except G1508 the [fn]son G5207 of destruction G684, so G2443 that G2443 the Scripture G1124 would be fulfilled G4137.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:15 - “I am not asking G2065 You to take G142 them out of the world G2889, but to keep G5083 them away G1537 from [fn]the evil G4190 one.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:5 - So G3767 Peter G4074 was kept G5083 in the prison G5438, but prayer G4335 for him was being G1096 made G1096 to God G2316 [fn]intensely G1619 by the church G1577.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 -

On [fn]the very G1565 night G3571 when G3753 Herod G2264 was G3195 about G3195 to G3195 bring G4254 him forward G4254, Peter G4074 was sleeping G2837 between G3342 two G1417 soldiers G4757, bound G1210 with two G1417 chains G254, and guards G5441 in front G4253 of the door G2374 were watching G5083 over G5083 the prison G5438.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:5 - But some G5100 of the sect G139 of the Pharisees G5330 who had believed G4100 stood G1817 up G1817, saying G3004, “It is necessary G1163 to circumcise G4059 [fn]them and to direct G3853 them to keep G5083 the Law G3551 of Moses G3475.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:23 - When they had struck G2007 them with many G4183 blows G4127, they threw G906 them into prison G5438, commanding G3853 the jailer G1200 to guard G5083 them securely G806;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:23 - He gave G1299 orders G1299 to the centurion G1543 for [fn]Paul to be kept G5083 in G5083 custody G5083 and yet have G2192 some freedom G425, and not to prevent G2967 any G3367 of his friends G2398 from providing G5256 for G5256 his needs G5256.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:4 - Festus G5347 then G3767 answered G611 that Paul G3972 was being kept G5083 in G5083 custody G5083 in Caesarea G2542, and that he himself G1438 was G3195 about G3195 to G3195 leave G1607 shortly G5034.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:21 - “But when Paul G3972 appealed G1941 to be held G5083 in G5083 custody G5083 for [fn]the Emperor’s G4575 decision G1233, I ordered G2753 that he be kept G5083 in G5083 custody G5083 until G2193 I send G375 him to Caesar G2541.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:37 - But the one who G3739 stands G2476 firm G1476 in his heart G2588, [fn]if he is G2192 not under G2192 constraint G318, but has G2192 authority G1849 [fn]over G4012 his own G2398 will G2307, and has decided G2919 this G3778 in his own G2398 heart G2588, to keep G5083 his own G1438 virgin G3933, he will do G4160 well G2573.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:9 - and when I was G3918 present G3918 with you and was G5302 in G5302 need G5302, I was G2655 not a G2655 burden G2655 to G2655 anyone G3762; for when the brothers G80 came G2064 from Macedonia G3109 they fully G4322 supplied G4322 my need G5303, and in everything G3956 I kept G5083 myself G1683 from G4 being G4 a G4 burden G4 to you, [fn]and will continue G5083 to do so.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:3 - being diligent G4704 to keep G5083 the unity G1775 of the Spirit G4151 in the bond G4886 of peace G1515.
Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:23 -

Now G1161 may the God G2316 of peace G1515 Himself G846 sanctify G37 you entirely G3651; and may your spirit G4151 and soul G5590 and body G4983 be kept G5083 complete G3648, without G274 blame G274 at the coming G3952 of our Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:22 - Do not lay G2007 hands G5495 upon G2007 anyone G3367 too G5030 quickly G5030 and [fn]thereby G3366 share G2841 responsibility for the sins G266 of others G245; keep G5083 yourself G4572 [fn]free G53 from G53 sin G53.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:14 - that you keep G5083 the commandment G1785 without G784 G423 [fn]fault G784 or reproach G423 until G3360 the appearing G2015 of our Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:7 - I have fought G75 the good G2570 fight G73, I have finished G5055 the course G1408, I have kept G5083 the faith G4102;
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Pure G2513 and undefiled G283 religion G2356 in the sight G3844 of our God G2316 and Father G3962 is this G3778: to visit G1980 orphans G3737 and widows G5503 in their distress G2347, and to keep G5083 oneself G1438 unstained G784 [fn]by the world G2889.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:10 - For whoever G3748 keeps G5083 the whole G3650 Law G3551, yet G1161 stumbles G4417 in one G1520 point, has become G1096 guilty G1777 of all G3956.
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:4 - to obtain an inheritance G2817 which is imperishable G862, undefiled G283, and will not fade G263 away G263, reserved G5083 in heaven G3772 for you,
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:4 -

For if G1487 God G2316 did not spare G5339 angels G32 when they sinned G264, but cast G5020 them into G5020 [fn]hell G5020 and committed G3860 them to [fn]pits G4577 of darkness G2217, held G5083 for judgment G2920;

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:9 - then the Lord G2962 knows G6063 how G6063 to rescue G4506 the godly G2152 from [fn]a trial G3986, and to keep G5083 the unrighteous G94 under G2849 punishment G2849 for the day G2250 of judgment G2920,
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:17 -

These G3778 are springs G4077 without G504 water G504 and mists G3658 driven G1643 by a storm G2978, for whom G3739 the [fn]black G2217 darkness G4655 has been reserved G5083.

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:7 - But by His word G3056 the present G3568 heavens G3772 and earth G1093 are being reserved G2343 for fire G4442, kept G5083 for the day G2250 of judgment G2920 and destruction G684 of ungodly G765 people G444.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:3 -

By this G3778 we know G1097 that we have come to know G1097 Him, if G1437 we keep G5083 His commandments G1785.

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:4 - The one who says G3004, “I have come to know G1097 Him,” and does not keep G5083 His commandments G1785, is a liar G5583, and the truth G225 is not in him;
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:5 - but whoever G3739 G302 follows G5083 His word G3056, in him the love G26 of God G2316 has truly G230 been perfected G5048. By this G3778 we know G1097 that we are in Him:
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:22 - and whatever G3739 G1437 we ask G154, we receive G2983 from Him, because G3754 we keep G5083 His commandments G1785 and do G4160 the things that are pleasing G701 in G1799 His sight G1799.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:24 - The one who keeps G5083 His commandments G1785 remains G3306 in Him, and He in him. We know G1097 by this G3778 that He remains G3306 in us, by the Spirit G4151 whom G3739 He has given G1325 us.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:3 - For this G3778 is the love G26 of God G2316, that we keep G5083 His commandments G1785; and His commandments G1785 are not burdensome G926.
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:18 -

We know G6063 that no G3956 G3756 one G3956 who has been born G1080 of God G2316 [fn]sins G264; but He who was born G1080 of God G2316 keeps G5083 him, and the evil G4190 one G4190 does not touch G681 him.


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