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Word study · Greek

phroureō

to guard, to keep in custody

Say it: froo-REH-o (approximate)

φρουρέω

What it means

To guard, as a garrison guards a city or a guard holds prisoners. In 3:23, "we were kept in custody under the law, imprisoned until the faith that was to come would be revealed."

Range of meaning

  • GuardWatch over.
  • Keep in custodyHold under guard.

In Galatians

  • Chapter 3

    "We were kept in custody under the law" (3:23).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G5432 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources