Drift Bible

Greek word · G5083

τηρέω

tēreō

to keep

Appears 70 times in 64 verses of the Greek New Testament.

Where it appears

Matthew · 6
  1. Matthew 19:17 τήρησον do keep

    “Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

  2. Matthew 23:3 τηρεῖτε. do observe.

    So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

  3. Matthew 27:36 ἐτήρουν they were guarding

    And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.

  4. Matthew 27:54 τηροῦντες keeping guard over

    When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

  5. Matthew 28:4 τηροῦντες keeping guard

    The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

  6. Matthew 28:20 τηρεῖν to observe

    and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

John · 18
  1. John 2:10 τετήρηκας have kept

    and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

  2. John 8:51 τηρήσῃ, shall keep,

    Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”

  3. John 8:52 τηρήσῃ, shall keep,

    “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

  4. John 8:55 τηρῶ.¶ I keep.

    You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.

  5. John 9:16 τηρεῖ. He does keep.

    Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.

  6. John 12:7 τηρήσῃ she may keep

    “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

  7. John 14:15 τηρήσετε. you will keep.

    If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

  8. John 14:21 τηρῶν keeping

    Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

  9. John 14:23 τηρήσει, he will keep,

    Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

  10. John 14:24 τηρεῖ· does keep;

    Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

  11. John 15:10 τηρήσητε, τετήρηκα, you shall keep,, have kept,

    If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

  12. John 15:20 ἐτήρησαν τηρήσουσιν. they kept, they will keep.

    Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

  13. John 17:6 τετήρηκαν. they have kept.

    I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

  14. John 17:11 τήρησον do keep

    I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

  15. John 17:12 ἐτήρουν was keeping

    While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

  16. John 17:15 τηρήσῃς You may keep

    I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

Acts · 8
  1. Acts 12:5 ἐτηρεῖτο was kept

    So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

  2. Acts 12:6 ἐτήρουν were watching

    On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

  3. Acts 15:5 τηρεῖν to keep

    But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”

  4. Acts 16:23 τηρεῖν to keep

    And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

  5. Acts 24:23 τηρεῖσθαι to keep

    He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

  6. Acts 25:4 τηρεῖσθαι is to be kept

    But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

  7. Acts 25:21 τηρηθῆναι τηρεῖσθαι to be kept

    But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”

1 Corinthians · 1
  1. 1 Corinthians 7:37 τηρεῖν to keep

    But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.

2 Corinthians · 2
  1. 2 Corinthians 11:9 ἐτήρησα τηρήσω. I kept, will keep.

    And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

Ephesians · 1
  1. Ephesians 4:3 τηρεῖν to keep

    and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

1 Thessalonians · 1
  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 τηρηθείη. would be preserved.

    Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy · 2
  1. 1 Timothy 5:22 τήρει. do keep.

    Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

  2. 1 Timothy 6:14 τηρῆσαί to keep

    Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Timothy · 1
  1. 2 Timothy 4:7 τετήρηκα· I have kept;

    I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

James · 2
  1. James 1:27 τηρεῖν to keep

    Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

  2. James 2:10 τηρήσῃ, may keep,

    Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

1 Peter · 1
  1. 1 Peter 1:4 τετηρημένην reserved

    and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

2 Peter · 4
  1. 2 Peter 2:4 τηρουμένους, being kept,

    For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

  2. 2 Peter 2:9 τηρεῖν, to keep,

    if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

  3. 2 Peter 2:17 τετήρηται.¶ has been reserved.

    These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

  4. 2 Peter 3:7 τηρούμενοι being kept

    And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

1 John · 7
  1. 1 John 2:3 τηρῶμεν.¶ we shall keep.

    By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

  2. 1 John 2:4 τηρῶν, keeping,

    If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

  3. 1 John 2:5 τηρῇ may keep

    But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

  4. 1 John 3:22 τηροῦμεν we keep

    and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

  5. 1 John 3:24 τηρῶν keeping

    Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

  6. 1 John 5:3 τηρῶμεν· we may keep;

    For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

  7. 1 John 5:18 τηρεῖ protects

    We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

Jude · 5
  1. Jude 1:1 τετηρημένοις kept

    Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

  2. Jude 1:6 τηρήσαντας τετήρηκεν· having kept, He has kept;

    And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

  3. Jude 1:13 τετήρηται. has been reserved.

    They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

  4. Jude 1:21 τηρήσατε, do keep,

    keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

Revelation · 11
  1. Revelation 1:3 τηροῦντες keeping

    Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

  2. Revelation 2:26 τηρῶν is keeping

    And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.

  3. Revelation 3:3 τήρει do keep [it]

    Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

  4. Revelation 3:8 ἐτήρησάς you have kept

    I know your deeds. Behold, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. I know that you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.

  5. Revelation 3:10 ἐτήρησας τηρήσω you have kept, will keep

    Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

  6. Revelation 12:17 τηρούντων are keeping

    And the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.

  7. Revelation 14:12 τηροῦντες keeping

    Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

  8. Revelation 16:15 τηρῶν keeping

    “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

  9. Revelation 22:7 τηρῶν keeping

    “Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”

  10. Revelation 22:9 τηρούντων keeping

    But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”

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