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1: τηρέω

(Strong's #5083 — Verb — tereo — tay-reh'-o )

is translated "to preserve" in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 , where the verb is in the singular number, as the threefold subject, "spirit and soul and body," is regarded as the unit, constituting the person. The aorist or "point" tense regards the continuous "preservation" of the believer as a single, complete act, without reference to the time occupied in its accomplishment; in Jude 1:1 , AV (RV, "kept"). See KEEP , No. 1.

2: συντηρέω

(Strong's #4933 — Verb — suntereo — soon-tay-reh'-o )

see KEEP , No. 3.

3: ζῳογονέω

(Strong's #2225 — Verb — zoogoneo — dzo-og-on-eh'-o )

"to preserve alive:" see LIVE , No. 6.

4: φυλάσσω

(Strong's #5442 — Verb — phulasso — foo-las'-so )

"to guard, protect, preserve," is translated "preserved" in 2 Peter 2:5 , RV (AV, "saved"). See GUARD.

Note: In 2 Timothy 4:18 , AV, sozo, "to save," is translated "will preserve" (RV, "will save").

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Preserve'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/p/preserve.html. 1940.

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