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#05083
τηρέω
tēréō
Sounds like tay•reh'•o
To guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from #05442 (φυλάσσω / phylássō), which is properly to prevent escaping; and from #02892 (κουστωδία / koustōdía), 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).
Derived from (a watch; perhaps akin to #02334 (θεωρέω / theōréō)).
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The text is from Dictionary of Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D. (1890). Text out of copyright.
The digitized text we’ve used was from Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML with real Greek by Dr. Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (ulrikp.org, Scripture Systems ApS). Text licensed under Creative Commons CC0.
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