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Strong's #1127: gregoreuo (pronounced gray-gor-yoo'-o)

from 1453; to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively):--be vigilant, wake, (be) watch(-ful).




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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grēgoreuō

1) to watch

2) metaphorically give strict attention to, be cautious, active

2a) to take heed lest through remission and indolence some destructive calamity suddenly overtake one

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G1453

Citing in TDNT: 2:338, 195




Usage:

This word is used 23 times:

Matthew 24:42: " Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your"
Matthew 24:43: "the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered"
Matthew 25:13: " Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor"
Matthew 26:38: "tarry ye here, and watch with me."
Matthew 26:40: "What, could ye not watch with me one hour?"
Matthew 26:41: " Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation:"
Mark 13:34: "the porter to watch."
Mark 13:35: " Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master"
Mark 13:37: "unto you I say unto all, Watch."
Mark 14:34: "tarry ye here, and watch."
Mark 14:37: "sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?"
Mark 14:38: " Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The"
Luke 12:37: "lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that"
Luke 12:39: "the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered"
Acts 20:31: "Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn"
1 Corinthians 16:13: " Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."
Colossians 4:2: "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;"
1 Thessalonians 5:6: "as do others; but let us watch and be sober."
1 Thessalonians 5:10: "us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together"
1 Peter 5:8: "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring"
Revelation 3:2: "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die:"
Revelation 3:3: "If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as"
Revelation 16:15: "as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments,"









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