τηρέω

τηρέω, -ῶ

[in LXX for שָׁמַר, נָצַר, etc. ;]

1. to watch over, guard, keep, preserve: Matt 27,36, ApG 16,23, al.; ἑαυτόν, 2 Kor 11,9, 1 Tim 5,22, Jak 1,27, Jud 21; before εἰς, Joh 12,7, ApG 25,21, 1 Pet 1,4, 2 Pet 2,4; 2,9; 3,7, Jud 6; ἐν, Joh 17,11-12, Jud 21; ἐκ, Joh 17,15, Åb 3,10; τ. πίστιν, 2 Tim 4,7, Åb 14,12; τ. ἑνότητα τ. πνεύματος, Ef 4,3,

2. to watch, give heed to, observe: τ. σάββατον, Joh 9,16 τ. ἐντολήν (-άς), Matt 19,17, Joh 14,15; 15,10, 1 Tim 6,14, 1 Joh 2,3-4 Joh 3,22 Joh 3,24 Joh 5,3, Åb 12,17; 14,12; τ. λόγον (-ους), Joh 8,51-52, 55; 14,23-24; 15,20; 17,6, 1 Joh 2,5, Åb 3,8, 10; 22,7, 9; τ. νόμον, ApG 15,5, Jak 2,10; τ. παράδοσιν, Mark 7,9 τ. ἔργα, Åb 2,26 τ. γεγραμμένα, Åb 1,3 (cf. δια-, παρα-, συν-τηρέω)

SYN.: φυλάσσω, implying custody and protection: τ. expresses the idea of watchful care and "may mark the result of which φ. is the means" (Thayer see word)