{"def":{"short":"to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892, 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)","long":["to attend to carefully, take care of",["to guard","metaphorically to keep, one in the state in which he is","to observe","to reserve: to undergo something"]]},"deriv":"from τερός (a watch; perhaps akin to G2334)","pronun":{"ipa":"teˈrɛ.o","ipa_mod":"te̞ˈre̞.ow","sbl":"tēreō","dic":"tay-REH-oh","dic_mod":"tay-RAY-oh"},"see":["G2334","G2892","G5442"]}