What is the Strong's number for Tereo?

The Strong's number for Tereo (τηρέω) is G5083. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Tereo (Strong’s G5083): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Tereo mean?

Tereo (τηρέω, Strong's G5083) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried). The King James Bible translates it as hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.

Tereo (τηρέω) is the Greek word numbered G5083 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried). In the King James Bible it is translated hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch..

τηρέω

tēréō · Greek

Strong’s G5083 · tay-reh'-o

Original wordτηρέω
Transliterationtēréō
Pronunciationtay-reh'-o
Strong’s numberG5083
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried)

Derivation. from (a watch; perhaps akin to G2334);

How the King James Bible translates it

hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Tereo in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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