A-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g5438 | Greek: phulake |
Watch (Noun and Verb), Watchers, Watchful, Watchings:
is used
(a) with the meaning "a watch," actively, "a guarding," Luk 2:8, lit., "(keeping, phulasso) watches;"
(b) of "the time during which guard was kept by night, a watch of the night," Mat 14:25; 24:43; Mar 6:48; Luk 12:38.
See CAGE, HOLD, IMPRISONMENT, PRISON.
Note: Among the Jews the night was divided into three "watches" (see, e.g., Exd 14:24; Jdg 7:19), and this continued on through Roman times. The Romans divided the night into four "watches;" this was recognized among the Jews (see Mar 13:35).
A-2 | Noun | Strong's Number: g2892 | Greek: koustodia |
Watch (Noun and Verb), Watchers, Watchful, Watchings:
from Lat., custodia (cp. Eng., "custody"), is rendered "watch" in Mat 27:65, 66; 28:11, AV: see GUARD.
A-3 | Noun | Strong's Number: g70 | Greek: agrupnia |
Watch (Noun and Verb), Watchers, Watchful, Watchings:
"sleeplessness" (akin to B, No. 4), is rendered "watchings" in 2Cr 6:5; 11:27.
B-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g1127 | Greek: gregoreo |
Watch (Noun and Verb), Watchers, Watchful, Watchings:
"to watch," is used
(a) of "keeping awake," e.g., Mat 24:43; 26:38, 40, 41;
(b) of "spiritual alertness," e.g., Act 20:31; 1Cr 16:13; Col 4:2; 1Th 5:6, 10 (for which see WAKE); 1Pe 5:8, RV, "be watchful" (AV, "be vigilant"); Rev 3:2, 3; 16:15.
B-2 | Verb | Strong's Number: g5083 | Greek: tereo |
Watch (Noun and Verb), Watchers, Watchful, Watchings:
"to keep," is rendered "to watch," of those who kept guard at the Cross, Mat 27:36, 54; 28:4, RV, "watchers" (AV, "keepers"), lit., "the watching ones."
See HOLD, No. 8, KEEP, OBSERVE, PRESERVE, RESERVE.
B-3 | Verb | Strong's Number: g3906 | Greek: paratereo |
Watch (Noun and Verb), Watchers, Watchful, Watchings:
"to observe," especially with sinister intent (para, "near," and No. 2), is rendered "to watch" in Mar 3:2; Luk 6:7; 14:1; 20:20; Act 9:24.
See OBSERVE.
B-4 | Verb | Strong's Number: g69 | Greek: agrupneo |
Watch (Noun and Verb), Watchers, Watchful, Watchings:
"to be sleepless" (from agreuo, "to chase," and hupnos, "sleep"), is used metaphorically, "to be watchful," in Mar 13:33; Luk 21:36; Eph 6:18; Hbr 13:17. The word expresses not mere wakefulness, but the "watchfulness" of those who are intent upon a thing.
B-5 | Verb | Strong's Number: g3525 | Greek: nepho |
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