φρουρέω
phrouréō · G5432 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to guard against, to keep under watch, to watch over
To be on one’s guard against some eventuality
Examples2 Corinthians 11:32 In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,
Galatians 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the Law, being confined for the faith that was destined to be revealed.
Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἐθνάρχηςethnarch 1
- εἰρήνηpeace 1
- Not stated: we 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- καρδίαheart 1
- νόημαmind 1
- πόλιςcity 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 7 groups
- διάthrough+ πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
- εἰςto+ σωτηρίαsalvation 1
- ἐνin+ ΔαμασκόςDamascus 1
- ἐνin+ δύναμιςpower, mighty deed 1
- ἐνin+ ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
- πρόbefore+ ἔρχομαιto come 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- φυλάσσω phylássō · G5442 · to guard closely, to obey, to keep commandments
- Both verbs denote guarding or watching over something. φυλάσσω additionally extends to observing commandments, avoiding wrongdoing, and close guarding more generally, while the target centers on the core sense of protective guarding — a military sentinel image in particular — as opposed to φυλάσσω's broader protective range.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To guard against, to keep under watch, to watch over37.119
- Philippians 4:7 promises that “the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus”.
Word family 32 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon φρούρω: imperfect ἐφρουρουν; future φρουρήσω; passive, present participle φρουρουμενος;…
1. to guard, protect by a military guard, either in order to prevent hostile invasion, or to keep the inhabitants of a besieged city from flight; (often so from Thucydides down): τήν πόλιν, i. e. not he surrounded the city with soldiers, but by posting sentries he kept the gates guarded, 2 Cor 11:32 (R. V. guarded), cf. Acts 9:24.
2. metaphorically: τινα, passive, ὑπό νόμον, under the control of the Mosaic law, that we might not escape from its power, with συγκεκλεισμένοι (συν῾γ᾿κλειόμενοι L T Tr WH) added, Gal 3:23 (R. V. kept in ward; cf. Plutarch, de defect. orac. § 29; Wis. 17:15); to protect by guarding (Sophocles O. R. 1479), to keep: τάς καρδίας ἐν Χριστῷ, i. e. in close connection with Christ, Phm 4:7; τινα εἰς τί, by watching and guarding to preserve one for the attainment of something (R. V. guarded unto etc.), passive, 1 Pet 1:5.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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