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GreekG4933Verb

συντηρέω

suntēreō

4Occurrences
G4933Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to keep closely together, i.e. (by implication) to conserve (from ruin); mentally, to remember (and obey)

from G4862 (σύν) and G5083 (τηρέω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
"perfective" of *τηρέω *(see M, Pr., 113, 116), to preserve, keep safe, keep close: with accusative of person(s); ἐν καρδίᾳ, (Arist. and later writers; cf. MM, xxiv).
LXX: (שָׁמַר), Da TH A (נְטַר), and freq.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

συντηρέω appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
2
Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

Luke 2:19BSB

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Luke 5:38BSB

Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.

Matthew 9:17BSB

Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Mark 6:20BSB

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.