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To guard

φρουρέωStrong’s G5432

phroureō

Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament

In short

Phroureō is the Greek word usually translated “was guarding”, “we were held in custody” and “guard”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.

“In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:”
2 Corinthians 11:32 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “was guarding”, “we were held in custody” and “guard”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • was guarding 1
  • we were held in custody 1
  • will guard 1
  • being guarded 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Corinthians 1
  • Galatians 1
  • Philippians 1
  • 1 Peter 1

4 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

φρουρέω phroureō · to guard

φρουρέω, -ῶ (φρουρός, a guard), [in LXX: I Est.4:56, Jdth.3:6, Wis.17:16, 1Ma.11:3 * ;] to guard, keep under guard, protect or keep by guarding: 2Co.11:32; metaphorically, Gal.3:23, Php.4:7, 1Pe.1:5.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “guard” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

GUARD, verb transitive

gard. [Latin verus; wahren, to keep, to last, to hold out; bewahren, to keep or preserve; bewahren, to verify, to confirm; Eng. ware, aware; ]

  1. To secure against injury, loss or attack; to protect; to defend; to keep in safety.
  2. To secure against objections or the attacks of malevolence.
  3. To accompany and protect; to accompany for protection; as, to guard a general on a journey; to guard the baggage of an army.
  4. To adorn with lists, laces or ornaments.
All definitions and other forms of “guard”
  1. To gird; to fasten by binding.

GUARD, verb intransitive

To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautions; to be in a state of defense or safety. guard against mistakes, or against temptations.

    GUARD, noun

    [Eng. ward.]

    1. Defense; preservation or security against injury, loss or attack.
    2. That which secures against attack or injury; that which defends.
    3. A man or body of men occupied in preserving a person or place from attack or injury; he or they whose business is to defend, or to prevent attack or surprise.
    4. A state of caution or vigilance; or the act of observing what passes in order to prevent surprise or attack; care; attention; watch; heed.
    5. That which secures against objections or censure; caution of expression.
    6. Part of the hilt of a sword, which protects the hand.
    7. In fencing, a posture of defense.
    8. An ornamental lace, hem or boarder.

    GUARD'-BOAT, noun

    A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war in a harbor, to observe that their officers keep a good look-out.

      GUARD'-CHAMBER, noun

      A guard-room.

        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.