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τηρέω

Definition and meaning

tereo (tay-reh'-o) v. 1. to guard (from loss or injury) 2. (properly) by keeping the eye upon, i.e. to note (a prophecy) 3. (... figuratively) to fulfil a command 4. (by implication) to detain in custody 5. (... figuratively) to maintain 6. (by extension) to withhold for personal ends 7. (... figuratively) to keep unmarried {differs from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus} [from teros "a watch" (perhaps akin to G2334)] KJV: hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch Compare: G5442, G2892 See also: G2334

Tagged KJV passages

68 matching verses - 75.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Matthew 19:17

And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Matched English: keep
Matthew 23:3

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

Matched English: observe, observe
Matthew 27:36

And sitting down they watched him there;

Matched English: watched
Matthew 27:54

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Matched English: watching
Matthew 28:4

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

Matched English: keepers
Matthew 28:20

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Matched English: observe
Mark 7:9

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Matched English: keep
John 2:10

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

Matched English: kept
John 8:51

Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

Matched English: keep
John 8:52

Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

Matched English: keep
John 8:55

Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

Matched English: keep
John 9:16

Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

Matched English: keepeth
John 12:7

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

Matched English: kept
John 14:15

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Matched English: keep
John 14:21

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Matched English: keepeth
John 14:23

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Matched English: keep
John 14:24

He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

Matched English: keepeth
John 15:10

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

Matched English: keep, kept
John 15:20

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

Matched English: kept, keep
John 17:6

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

Matched English: kept
John 17:11

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

Matched English: keep
John 17:12

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

Matched English: kept
John 17:15

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

Matched English: keep
Acts 12:5

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

Matched English: kept