{"derivation": "from (a watch;", "kjv_def": "hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch", "lemma": "\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9", "frequency": 70, "strongs_def": " perhaps akin to G2334 (\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9)); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442 (\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9), which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892 (\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9), which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried)", "outline": "
  1. to attend to carefully, take care of
    1. to guard
    2. metaph. to keep, one in the state in which he is
    3. to observe
    4. to reserve: to undergo something
"}