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

bewaren, bezette, gesteld, wordt

I guard, keep, as by a military guard.

to guard

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)

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

figuratively, to hem in, protect

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)