τηρέω, τηρῶ; imperfect ἐτήρουν; future τηρήσω; 1 aorist ἐτήρησα; perfect τετήρηκα, 3 person plural τετηρήκασιν (Joh 17:6 R G) and τετήρηκαν (ibid. L T Tr WH (see γίνομαι, at the beginning)); passive, present τηροῦμαι; imperfect ἐτηρουμην; perfect τετήρημαι; 1 aorist ἐτηρήθην; (τηρός, found only once, Aeschylus suppl. 248, where it is doubtful whether it means ’guarding’ or ’watching’), from Pindar, Sophocles, Thucydides down; the Sept. several times for ùÈÑîÇø, ðÈöÇø, etc.; to attend to carefully, take care of; i. e.

a. properly, to guard: τινα, a prisoner, Mat 27:36; Mat 27:54; Act 16:23; passive, Act 12:5; (); (b); τί, ; οἱ τηροῦντες ((R. V.) the watchers) the guards, Mat 28:4 (Son 3:3).

b. metaphorically, to keep: τινα, one in that state in which he is, τήν ἑαυτοῦ παρθένον, his own virgin daughter, namely, as a virgin i. e. unmarried, 1Co 7:37; ἑαυτόν, himself such as he is, i. e. begotten of God, 1Jn 5:18 (but here T Tr WH αὐτόν); with a predicate accusative added: ἁγνόν, 1Ti 5:22; ἄσπιλον ἀπό τοῦ κόσμου, Jas 1:27; ἀβαρῆ τίνι, 2Co 11:9 (ἁπλουν, Antoninus 6, 30; τινα ἄμεμπτον τῷ Θεῷ, Wis 10:5); τί with a predicate accusative 1Ti 6:14 (but see in c. below); passive, τηροῦμαι, with an adverb, ἀμέμπτως, 1Th 5:23; with a dative of the person, Χριστῷ, devoted to Christ (Winer’s Grammar, 421 (392)), Jud 1:1; τηρεῖν τινα ἐν τίνι: to keep in i. e. cause one to persevere or stand firm in a thing: ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Θεοῦ (see p. 447b bottom), Joh 17:11 f; ἐν ἀγάπη Θεοῦ, Jud 1:21; τινα ἐκ τίνος, by guarding to cause one to escape in safety out of etc.: ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ, out of the power and assaults of Satan, Joh 17:15 (cf. Buttmann, 327 (281); Winer’s Grammar, 410 (383)); ἐκ τῆς ὥρας τοῦ πειρασμοῦ, Rev 3:10. to keep: i. e. not to leave, τήν ἀρχήν, Jud 1:6; not to throw away, τά ἱμάτια, Rev 16:15. to hold firmly: τήν ἑνότητα τοῦ πνεύματος, Eph 4:3; anything as a mental deposit, τήν πίστιν, 2Ti 4:7; Rev 14:12 (cf. Winers Grammar, 536 (499); Buttmann, 78 (68)). to show oneself to be actually holding a thing fast, i. e.

c. to observe: namely, πῶς κτλ., Rev 3:3; τί Mat 23:3; Act 21:25 (Rec.); τήν παράδοσιν, Mar 7:9 (WH (rejected) marginal reading στήσητε) (τά ἐκ παραδοσεως τῶν πατέρων, Josephus, Antiquities 13, 10, 6); τόν νόμον, Act 15:5 and Rec. in Act 15:24; Jas 2:10; τό σάββατον, the command respecting sabbath-keeping, Joh 9:16; τάς ἐντολάς (of either God or Christ), Mat 19:17; Joh 14:15; Joh 14:21; Joh 15:10; 1Jn 2:3; 1Jn 3:22; 1Jn 3:24; 1Jn 5:2 (where L T Tr WH ποιῶμεν); ; Rev 12:17; Rev 14:12 (see above,

b. at the end); τήν ἐντολήν, 1Ti 6:14 (see in b. above; πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην, Mat 28:20); τόν λόγον, either of Christ or of God, John 8:51f, 55; Joh 14:23; Joh 15:20; Joh 17:6; 1Jn 2:5; Rev 3:8; τούς λόγους, of Christ, Joh 14:24; τόν λόγον τῆς ὑπομονῆς μου (i. e. Ἰησοῦ), Rev 3:10; τά ἔργα μου, the works that I command, Rev 2:26; τούς λόγους τῆς προφητείας, Rev 22:7; τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου, Rev 22:9; τά ἐν τῇ προφητεία γεγραμμένα, Rev 1:3; cf. Lipsius, Paulin. Rechtfertigungsl., p. 194f,

d. to reserve: τινα εἰς τί, to undergo something, 2Pe 2:4 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 342 (321); εἰς τήν τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ διάγνωσιν, Act 25:21 a); Jud 1:6; τινα εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως, 2Pe 2:9; τούς οὐρανούς πυρί; (to be burned with fire) εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως, 2Pe 3:7; τί εἰς τινα, a thing for one’s advantage, 1Pe 1:4; τί εἰς ἡμέραν τινα, to be used some day for some purpose, Joh 12:7; τί ἕως ἄρτι, Joh 2:10; τί with the dative of the person, for rewarding or punishing one, passive, 2Pe 2:17; Jud 1:13. (Compare: διατηρέω, παρατηρέω, συντηρέω.) [SYNONYMS: τηρέω, φυλάσσω: τηρέω to watch or keep, φυλάσσω to guard; τηρέω expresses watchful care and is suggestive of present possession, φυλάσσω indicates safe custody and often implies assault from without; τηρέω may mark the result of which φυλάσσω is the means (e. g. Joh 17:12 where the words occur together, cf. Wisd. 10:5). See Westcott on Joh 8:51; Schmidt, chapter 208, especially § 4.]