Keeping Keep

Keeping Keep

'''A — 1: τηρέω (Strong'S #5083 — Verb — tereo — tay-reh'-o )

denotes (a) "to watch over, preserve, keep, watch," e.g.,  Acts 12:5,6;  16:23; in  Acts 25:21 , Rv (1st part), "kept" (Av, "reserved"); the present participle is translated "keepers" in  Matthew 28:4 , lit. "the keeping (ones);" it is used of the "keeping" power of God the Father and Christ, exercised over His people,  John 17:11,12,15;  1 Thessalonians 5:23 , "preserved;"  1 John 5:18 , where "He that was begotten of God," Rv, is said of Christ as the Keeper ("keepeth him," Rv, for Av, "keepeth himself");  Jude 1:1 , Rv, "kept for Jesus Christ" (Av, "preserved in Jesus Christ");  Revelation 3:10; of their inheritance,  1 Peter 1:4 ("reserved"); of judicial reservation by God in view of future doom,   2 Peter 2:4,9,17;  3:7;  Jude 1:6,13; of "keeping" the faith,  2 Timothy 4:7; the unity of the Spirit,  Ephesians 4:3; oneself,  2 Corinthians 11:9;  1 Timothy 5:22;  James 1:27; figuratively, one's garments,  Revelation 16:15; (b) "to observe, to give heed to," as of keeping commandments, etc., e.g.,  Matthew 19:17;  John 14:15;  15:10;  17:6;  James 2:10;  1 John 2:3,4,5;  3:22,24;  5:2 (in some mss.),3;   Revelation 1:3;  2:26;  3:8,10;  12:17;  14:12;  22:7,9 . See Reserve.

'''A — 2: διατηρέω (Strong'S #1301 — Verb — diatereo — dee-at-ay-reh'-o )

"to keep carefully" (dia, intensive, and No. 1), is said of "the mother of Jesus," in keeping His sayings in her heart,  Luke 2:51 , and of the command of the Apostles and elders in Jerusalem to Gentile converts in the churches to "keep" themselves from the evils mentioned in  Acts 15:29 .

'''A — 3: συντηρέω (Strong'S #4933 — Verb — suntereo — soon-tay-reh'-o )

denotes "to preserve, keep safe, keep close" (sun, "together with," used intensively, and No. 1), in  Luke 2:19 , as in  Luke 2:51 (see No. 2, above), of the mother of Jesus in regard to the words of the shepherds; in   Mark 6:20 it is used of Herod's preservation of John the Baptist from Herodias, Rv, "kept (him) safe," Av, "observed (him)" (marg., "kept"); in   Matthew 9:17 (in some mss.,   Luke 5:38 ), of the preservation of wineskins. See Observe , Preserve.

'''A — 4: φυλάσσω (Strong'S #5442 — Verb — phulasso — foo-las'-so )

denotes (a) "to guard, watch, keep watch," e.g,  Luke 2:8; in the Passive Voice,  Luke 8:29; (b) "to keep by way of protection," e.g.,  Luke 11:21;  John 12:25;  17:12 (2nd part; No. 1 in 1st part and in   John 17:11 ); (c) metaphorically, "to keep a law, precept," etc., e.g.,  Matthew 19:20;  Luke 18:21 , "have observed;"  Luke 11:28;  John 12:47 (in the best mss.);   Acts 7:53;  16:4;  21:24;  Romans 2:26;  Galatians 6:13;  1 Timothy 5:21 ("observe"); in the Middle Voice,   Mark 10:20 ("have observed"); (d) in the Middle Voice, "to keep oneself from,"   Acts 21:25; elsewhere translated by the verb "to beware." See Beware , No. 3, Guard, B, No. 1.

'''A — 5: διαφυλάσσω (Strong'S #1314 — Verb — diaphulasso — dee-af-oo-las'-so )

an intensive form of No. 4, "to guard thoroughly;" see Guard.

'''A — 6: φρουρέω (Strong'S #5432 — Verb — phroureo — froo-reh'-o )

"to keep with a military guard," e.g.,  Galatians 3:23 , Rv, "kept in ward;" see Guard , B, No. 3

'''A — 7: ποιέω (Strong'S #4160 — Verb — poieo — poy-eh'-o )

"to do, make," signifies "to keep," in  Matthew 26:18 , in the Lord's statement, "I will keep the passover;" so in  Acts 18:21 , in some mss.; in  John 7:19 , where the Av has "keepeth (the law)," the Rv adheres to the usual meaning "doeth."

'''A — 8: ἔχω (Strong'S #2192 — Verb — echo — ekh'-o )

"to have, to hold," is rendered "I kept" in  Luke 19:20 , Rv (Av, "I have kept"), of "keeping" a pound laid up in a napkin. See Have.

'''A — 9: κρατέω (Strong'S #2902 — Verb — krateo — krat-eh'-o )

"to be strong, get possession of, hold fast," is used in  Mark 9:10 , "(and) they kept (the saying)," i.e., they held fast to the Lord's command to refrain from telling what they had seen in the mount of Transfiguration. See Hold.

'''A — 10: νοσφίζω (Strong'S #3557 — Verb — nosphizo — nos-fid'-som-ahee )

"to set apart, remove," signifies, in the Middle Voice, "to set apart for oneself, to purloin," and is rendered "purloining" in  Titus 2:10; "kept back" (and "keep") in  Acts 5:2,3 , of the act of Ananias and his wife in "retaining" part of the price of the land.

'''A — 11: συνέχω (Strong'S #4912 — Verb — sunecho — soon-ekh'-o )

"to hold together," is translated "shall ... keep (thee) in," in  Luke 19:43 . See also Note (8), below. See Constrain.

 Acts 22:2 Matthew 14:6  Acts 19:38  Matthew 8:33 Acts 9:33Lie Romans 2:25 Acts 20:20 Acts 27:43 Luke 8:15 1 Corinthians 11:2 1 Corinthians 15:2Secret.Buffet.  1 Peter 4:19Feast

'''B — 1: τήρησις (Strong'S #5084 — Noun Feminine — teresis — tay'-ray-sis )

akin to A, No. 1, denotes (a) "a watching," and hence, "imprisonment, prison,"  Acts 4:3;  5:18 , "ward," Rv (Av, "hold" and "prison"); (b) "keeping,"  1 Corinthians 7:19 . See Hold , Prison.