mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figurativel

or by guarding: ; metaph., , , .† to guard, keep under guard, protect keep II Co 11:32 Ga 3:23 Phl 4:7 I Pe 1:5

to be a watcher in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect

keep (with a garrison)