G5083 — τηρέω

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