What does λόγος · τηρέω mean in the Bible?
λόγος · τηρέω is a Greek phrase meaning "guarded, kept, obeyed, and remained loyal to Christ's word".
Greek · G3056, G5083
τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ τηρῶ
Word · to keep: observe
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λόγος G3056 word
Pronunciation lógos
Word embodying a conception or idea, not mere sound; in NT especially God's authoritative speech and teaching
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τηρέω G5083 to keep: observe
Pronunciation tēréō
Watchful, active care to preserve or maintain something already entrusted to one's keeping.
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What does τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ τηρῶ (ton logon autou tērō) mean in the Bible?
λόγος · τηρέω is a Greek phrase meaning "guarded, kept, obeyed, and remained loyal to Christ's word".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3056, G5083?
G3056, G5083 is connected to 330 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. guarded, kept, obeyed, and remained loyal to Christ's word
Source Gloss
guarded, kept, obeyed, and remained loyal to Christ's word
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 330 Case pattern Accusative (153) Number pattern Singular (271)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:37 · Matt 28:15 · Mark 4:15 · Luke 4:32 · Luke 4:36 · Luke 5:15 · Luke 7:17 · Luke 8:11 · John 1:1 · John 1:14 · John 4:37 · John 6:60 · John 7:36 · John 8:37 · John 10:35 · John 12:38 68×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 24:35 · Mark 13:31 · Luke 21:33 · Luke 24:17 · Luke 24:44 · Acts 15:15 · Rev 17:17 · Rev 19:9 · Rev 21:5 · Rev 22:6 10×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:32 · Luke 1:2 · Luke 20:20 · Luke 22:61 · John 15:20 · John 17:20 · Acts 6:4 · Acts 14:12 · Acts 15:6 · Acts 15:27 · Acts 15:32 · Acts 18:15 · Acts 20:24 · Acts 22:22 · 1 Cor 1:17 · 1 Cor 2:1 28×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 12:37 · Luke 1:4 · Luke 3:4 · Luke 6:47 · John 7:40 · John 19:13 · Acts 20:35 · 2 Tim 1:13 · Rev 22:19 10×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:8 · Matt 8:16 · Matt 22:15 · Mark 10:22 · Mark 12:13 · Luke 1:29 · Luke 7:7 · Luke 24:19 · John 2:22 · John 4:50 · John 8:31 · Acts 7:29 · Acts 8:21 · Acts 10:29 · Acts 14:3 · Acts 18:5 45×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Mark 10:24 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 4:22 · Luke 23:9 · Acts 2:40 · Acts 7:22 · Acts 15:24 · Rom 3:4 · 1 Cor 2:13 · Eph 5:6 · 1 Thess 4:18 · 1 Tim 4:6 · 1 Tim 6:3 · 2 Tim 4:15 · 2 Pet 2:3 · 3 John 1:10 16×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:32 · Matt 12:36 · Matt 13:19 · Matt 13:20 · Matt 13:21 · Matt 13:22 · Matt 13:23 · Matt 15:6 · Matt 15:12 · Matt 15:23 · Matt 18:23 · Matt 19:11 · Matt 19:22 · Matt 21:24 · Matt 22:46 · Matt 25:19 130×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 7:24 · Matt 7:26 · Matt 7:28 · Matt 10:14 · Matt 19:1 · Matt 26:1 · Mark 8:38 · Luke 9:26 · Luke 9:28 · Luke 9:44 · John 10:19 · John 14:24 · Acts 2:22 · Acts 5:5 · Acts 5:24 · Acts 16:36 23×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 68 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 34 aorist 17 perfect 9 imperfect 4 future 4
Voice
active 56 passive 12
Mood
indicative 23 participle 17 infinitive 12 subjunctive 10 imperative 5 optative 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 19:17 τήρησον aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 27:36 ἐτήρουν imperfect active indicative background Matthew 27:54 τηροῦντες present active participle participle Matthew 28:20 τηρεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 28:4 τηροῦντες present active participle participle Mark 7:9 τηρήσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 2:10 τετήρηκας perfect active indicative resultant John 8:51 τηρήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 8:52 τηρήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 8:55 τηρῶ present active indicative ongoing John 9:16 τηρεῖ present active indicative ongoing John 12:7 τηρήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 14:15 τηρήσετε future active indicative prospective John 14:21 τηρῶν present active participle participle John 14:23 τηρήσει future active indicative prospective John 14:24 τηρεῖ present active indicative ongoing John 15:10 τηρήσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 15:10 τετήρηκα perfect active indicative resultant John 15:20 ἐτήρησαν aorist active indicative completed John 15:20 τηρήσουσιν future active indicative prospective John 17:11 τήρησον aorist active imperative imperative John 17:12 ἐτήρουν imperfect active indicative background John 17:15 τηρήσῃς aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 17:6 τετήρηκαν perfect active indicative resultant Acts 12:5 ἐτηρεῖτο imperfect passive indicative background Acts 12:6 ἐτήρουν imperfect active indicative background Acts 15:5 τηρεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Acts 16:23 τηρεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Acts 24:23 τηρεῖσθαι present passive infinitive infinitive Acts 25:21 τηρηθῆναι aorist passive infinitive infinitive Acts 25:21 τηρεῖσθαι present passive infinitive infinitive Acts 25:4 τηρεῖσθαι present passive infinitive infinitive 1 Corinthians 7:37 τηρεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Ephesians 4:3 τηρεῖν present active infinitive infinitive 1 Thessalonians 5:23 τηρηθείη aorist passive optative optative 1 Timothy 5:22 τήρει present active imperative imperative 1 Timothy 6:14 τηρῆσαί aorist active infinitive infinitive 2 Timothy 4:7 τετήρηκα perfect active indicative resultant James 1:27 τηρεῖν present active infinitive infinitive James 2:10 τηρήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive
+28 more occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ τηρῶ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain