5083.  Strong's Dictionary Study

5083. tereo {tay-reh'-o}; from teros (a watch; perhaps akin to

2334); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the

eye upon; and thus differing from 5442, which is properly to

prevent escaping; and from 2892, 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): --hold fast, keep(-er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.

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