5432 - phroureó

Strong's Concordance

Original word: φρουρέω
Transliteration: phroureó
Definition (short): guard
Definition (full): to guard

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from phrouros (a guard)
Definition: to guard
NASB Translation: guard (1), guarding (1), kept in custody (1), protected (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From a compound of pro and horao; to be a watcher in advance, i.e. To mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect -- keep (with a garrison). Compare tereo.

see GREEK pro

see GREEK horao

see GREEK tereo

KJV: In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
NASB: In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,
KJV: But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
NASB: But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed.
KJV: And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
NASB: And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
KJV: Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
NASB: who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.