τηρέω

τηρῶ; imperfect ἐτήρουν; future τηρήσω; 1 aorist ἐτήρησα; perfect τετήρηκα, 3 person plural τετηρήκασιν (Jn 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 שָׁמַר, נָצַר, etc.; to attend to carefully, take care of; i. e.
a. properly, to guard: τινα, a prisoner, Mt 27:36, Mt 27:54; Acts 16:23; passive, Acts 12:5; (); Acts 25:4, (b); τί, ; οἱ τηροῦντες ((R. V.) the watchers) the guards, Mt 28:4 (Song of Solomon 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, 1 Cor 7:37; ἑαυτόν, himself such as he is, i. e. begotten of God, 1 Jn 5:18 (but here T Tr WH αὐτόν); with a predicate accusative added: ἁγνόν, 1 Tim 5:22; ἄσπιλον ἀπό τοῦ κόσμου, Jas 1:27; ἀβαρῆ τίνι, 2 Cor 11:9 (ἁπλουν, Antoninus 6, 30; τινα ἄμεμπτον τῷ Θεῷ, Wis. 10:5); τί with a predicate accusative 1 Tim 6:14 (but see in c. below); passive, τηροῦμαι, with an adverb, ἀμέμπτως, 1 Thess 5:23; with a dative of the person, Χριστῷ, devoted to Christ (Winer's Grammar, 421 (392)), Jude 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), Jn 17:11f; ἐν ἀγάπη Θεοῦ, Jude 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, Jn 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, Jude 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, 2 Tim 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 Mt 23:3; Acts 21:25 (Rec.); τήν παράδοσιν, Mk 7:9 (WH (rejected) marginal reading στήσητε) (τά ἐκ παραδοσεως τῶν πατέρων, Josephus, Antiquities 13, 10, 6); τόν νόμον, Acts 15:5 and Rec. in Acts 15:24; Jas 2:10; τό σάββατον, the command respecting sabbath-keeping, Jn 9:16; τάς ἐντολάς (of either God or Christ), Mt 19:17; Jn 14:15, Jn 14:21; Jn 15:10; 1 Jn 2:3; 1 Jn 3:22, 1 Jn 3:24; 1 Jn 5:2 (where L T Tr WH ποιῶμεν); ; Rev 12:17; Rev 14:12 (see above,
b. at the end); τήν ἐντολήν, 1 Tim 6:14 (see in b. above; πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην, Mt 28:20); τόν λόγον, either of Christ or of God, Jn 8:51f, 55; Jn 14:23; Jn 15:20; Jn 17:6; 1 Jn 2:5; Rev 3:8; τούς λόγους, of Christ, Jn 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, 2 Pet 2:4 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 342 (321); εἰς τήν τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ διάγνωσιν, Acts 25:21a); Jude 1:6; τινα εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως, 2 Pet 2:9; τούς οὐρανούς πυρί; (to be burned with fire) εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως, 2 Pet 3:7; τί εἰς τινα, a thing for one's advantage, 1 Pet 1:4; τί εἰς ἡμέραν τινα, to be used some day for some purpose, Jn 12:7; τί ἕως ἄρτι, Jn 2:10; τί with the dative of the person, for rewarding or punishing one, passive, 2 Pet 2:17; Jude 1:13. (Compare: διατηρέω, παρατηρέω, συντηρέω.)