συντηρέωsyntēréō
"perfective" of τηρέω
Greek (New Testament) · G4933
Meanings
1. to preserve, keep safe, keep close: with accusative of person, Mark 6:20; with accusative of thing, Matthew 9:17; ἐν τ. καρδίᾳ, Luke 2:19.
Same root
- σύνsýn · G4862with or together (but much closer than G3326 (μετά) or G3844 (παρά)), i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.
- τηρέωtēréō · G5083perhaps akin to G2334 (θεωρέω)); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442 (φυλάσσω), which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892 (κουστωδία), 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)
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 9:17 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.”
- Mark 6:20 for Herod respected John; and knowing that he was a good and holy man, he protected him. Herod was greatly disturbed whenever he talked with John, but even so, he liked to listen to him.
- Luke 2:19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.