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Greek word study

τηρέωtēréō — I keep, guard, observe

I keep, guard, observe, watch over.

Translated in the King James as: hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch

Appears 70 times in Scripture

Origin: from (a watch;

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Where it appears

Matthew — 6×

Matt 19:17 Matt 23:3 Matt 27:36 Matt 27:54 Matt 28:4 Matt 28:20

Mark — 1×

John — 18×

John 2:10 John 8:51 John 8:52 John 8:55 John 9:16 John 12:7 John 14:15 John 14:21 John 14:23 John 14:24 John 15:10 John 15:20 John 17:6 John 17:11 John 17:12 John 17:15+ 2 more in John

Acts — 8×

Acts 12:5 Acts 12:6 Acts 15:5 Acts 16:23 Acts 24:23 Acts 25:4 Acts 25:21+ 1 more in Acts

1 Corinthians — 1×

2 Corinthians — 2×

2 Cor 11:9+ 1 more in 2 Corinthians

Ephesians — 1×

1 Thessalonians — 1×

1 Timothy — 2×

1 Tim 5:22 1 Tim 6:14

2 Timothy — 1×

James — 2×

James 1:27 James 2:10

1 Peter — 1×

2 Peter — 4×

2 Pet 2:4 2 Pet 2:9 2 Pet 2:17 2 Pet 3:7

1 John — 7×

1 John 2:3 1 John 2:4 1 John 2:5 1 John 3:22 1 John 3:24 1 John 5:3 1 John 5:18

Jude — 5×

Jude 1:1 Jude 1:6 Jude 1:13 Jude 1:21+ 1 more in Jude

Revelation — 10×

Rev 1:3 Rev 2:26 Rev 3:3 Rev 3:8 Rev 3:10 Rev 12:17 Rev 14:12 Rev 22:7 Rev 22:9+ 1 more in Revelation

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.