from a compound of G4253 and G3708; to be a watcher in advance, i.e. to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect:--keep (with a garrison). Compare G5083.
to guard, protect by a military guard, either to prevent hostile invasion, or to keep the inhabitants of a besieged city from flight
metaph.
under the control of the Mosaic law, that he might not escape from its power
to protect by guarding, to keep
by watching and guarding to preserve one for the attainment of something
