Greek verb · G5432
φρουρέω
phroureofroo-reh'-o
to guard
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phrouréō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5432is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5432
to be a watcher in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect
The King James renders it: keep (with a garrison).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
phroureo is rendered "to guard". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
2 Corinthians 11:32ἐφρούρει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's four uses is in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- being guarded1
- was guarding1
- we were held in custody1
- will guard1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐφρούρει1
- ἐφρουρούμεθα1
- φρουρήσει1
- φρουρουμένους1
The grammar of each form
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
- verb · imperfect passive, indicative · 1st person plural1V-IPI-1P
- verb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-PPP-APM
2 Corinthians
one use
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
- ἐφρούρειephroureiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was guarding
Galatians
one use
Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.
- ἐφρουρούμεθαephrouroumethaverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we were held in custody
Philippians
one use
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- φρουρήσειphroureseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will guard
1 Peter
one use
who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
- φρουρουμένουςphrouroumenousverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: being guarded
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.