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Definition of tēréō
τηρέω (tēréō) — perhaps akin to G2334 (θεωρέω)); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442 (φυλάσσω), which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892 (κουστωδία), 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)
Word Origin
This word comes from (a watch;
KJV Translation Variants
The Greek word τηρέω (tēréō) is translated into the following English words in the King James Version:
Translation data from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
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