5083. Strong's Dictionary Study
5083. tereo {tay-reh'-o}; from teros (a watch; perhaps akin to
2334); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the
eye upon; and thus differing from 5442, which is properly to
prevent escaping; and from 2892, 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): --hold fast, keep(-er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.
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