Lexicon suntéreó: to keep close, i.e. preserve Original Word: συντηρέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: suntéreó Phonetic Spelling: (soon-tay-reh'-o) Short Definition: I preserve, keep safe, keep in mind Definition: I preserve, keep safe, keep in mind, keep close. HELPS word-Studies 4933 syntēréō (from 4862 /sýn, "closely together with" and 5083 /tēréō, "guard, keep") – properly, preserve close together (with close care); keep intact (safe).   NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom  sun and  téreóDefinitionto keep close, i.e. preserve NASB Translationkept...safe (1), preserved (1), treasured (1). 
 Thayer's STRONGS NT 4933: συντηρέωσυντηρέω,  συντήρω: imperfect 3 person singular  συνετήρει; present passive 3 person plural  συντηροῦνται; (from  Aristotle, de plant. 1, 1, p. 816a, 8 down);  a. to preserve (a thing from perishing or being lost): τί, passive (opposed to ἀπολλυσθαι), Matthew 9:17; Luke 5:38 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the clause); τινα, to guard one, keep him safe, from a plot, Mark 6:20 (ἑαυτόν ἀναμάρτητον, 2 Macc. 12:42 (cf. Tobit 1:11; Sir. 13:12)).  b. to keep within oneself, keep in mind (a thing, lest it be forgotten (cf.  σύν, II. 4)): πάντα τά ῤήματα, Luke 2:19 (τό ῤῆμα ἐν τῇ καρδία μου, Daniel 7:28, Theod.; τήν γνώμην παῥ ἑαυτό, Polybius 31, 6, 5; (absolutely, Sir. 39:2)).   
 
 
 
  Strong's keep, observe, preserve.  From sun and tereo; to keep closely together, i.e. (by implication) to conserve (from ruin); mentally, to remember (and obey) -- keep, observe, preserve.  see GREEK sun  see GREEK tereo   |  
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