To keep watch
γρηγορέωStrong’s G1127grēgoreō
Appears in 23 verses of the New Testament
In short
Grēgoreō is the Greek word usually translated “do watch”, “watching” and “watch”. It appears in 23 verses of the New Testament.
“Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”
Meaning
Usually translated “do watch”, “watching” and “watch”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- do watch 10
- watching 4
- to watch 2
- do keep watch 1
- he had watched 1
- he may keep watch 1
- he watched 1
- we may watch 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 6
- Mark 6
- Revelation 3
- Luke 2
- 1 Thessalonians 2
- Acts 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 24:43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
- Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
- Matthew 26:38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
- Matthew 26:40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
- Matthew 26:41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
- Mark 13:34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Greek dictionary
γρηγορέω grēgoreō · to keep watch
γρηγορέω, -ῶ, = Attic ἐργήγορα, pf. of ἐγείρω, which see, [in LXX (later bks. only) chiefly for שׁקד ;] 1. to be awake; metaphorically, of being alive, 1Th.5:10. 2. to watch: Mat.24:43 26:38, 40 Mrk.13:34 14:34, 37 Luk.12:37, 39; metaphorically, Mat.24:42 25:13 26:41, Mrk.13:35, 37 14:38, Act.20:31, 1Co.16:13, 1Th.5:6, 1Pe.5:8, Rev.3:2, 3 16:15; before ἐν, Col.4:2. (Cf. δια-γρηγορέω).† SYN.: see: ἀγρθπνέω. (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “watching” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WATCHING, participle present
tense Being awake; guarding; attending the sick; carefully observing.
All definitions and other forms of “watching”
WATCHING, noun
Wakefulness; inability to sleep.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.