φρουρέω
phrouréō
“to be a watcher in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to be a watcher in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to keep watch; trans. to guard, watch, with a military guard, 2 Cor. 11:32; to keep in a condition of restraint, Gal. 3:23; to keep in a state of settlement or security, Phil. 4:7; 1 Pet. 1:5*
Translated in KJV as
keep (with a garrison)
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