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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3906 - παρατηρέω

Transliteration

paratēréō

Phonetics

par-at-ay-reh'-o

Origin

from (G3844) and (G5083)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

8:146,1174

Definition

Thayer's

to stand beside and watch, to watch assiduously, observe carefully
1. to watch, attend to with the eyes
2. of auguries, to see what he is going to do
3. in a bad sense, to watch insidiously
4. to watch one's self
5. to observe, keep scrupulously
  1. to neglect nothing requisite to the religious observance of

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2161 ‑ זָמַם (zaw‑mam'); 8104 ‑ שָׁמַר (shaw‑mar');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (5)

Mark

Luke

Acts

Galatians

NAS (8)

Mark

Luke

Acts

Galatians

HCS (6)

Mark

Luke

Acts

Galatians

BSB (6)

Mark

Luke

Acts

Galatians

ESV (5)

Mark

Luke

Acts

Galatians

WEB (6)

Mark

Luke

Acts

Galatians

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

παρατηρ-έω,

watch closely, θεία φύσις -τηροῦσα τὰς τῶν ζῴν ἐξόδους Epicur. Ephesians 2 p.54U., cf. Ceb. 9; of a general, π. τόπους Plb. 1.29.4; σφᾶς αὐτοὺς π. Id. 11.9.9; observe, -τετηρηκότες μόνον (opp. scientific explanation) Phld. Rh. 1.248 S.: folld. by an interrog. clause, π. τινά, ὁπότερα.. X. Mem. 3.14.4; π. τίς ἔπταρεν Philem. 100.1: by a part.. π. [ὄρνιθα] ἀποδυόμενον Arist. HA 620a8; with evil design, lie in wait for, watch one's opportunity, abs., Id. Rh. 1384b7; in argument, Id. Top. 161a23; ἐνεδρεύειν καὶ π. Plb. 18.3.2; π. καιροὺς εἰς κόλασιν Phld. Ir. p.43 W.: — Med., παρετηροῦντο αὐτὸν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι Luke 6:7 : abs., Vett. Val. 205.13: — Pass., ὑπό τινος Dicaearch. 1.16; to be kept under ob servation, Men. 542.6.

2.. take care, ὅπως μὴ.. D. 18.161; π. ἵνα.. D.H. Dem. 53.

3.. observe carefully, τὸ μέτριον Arist. Rh. 1405b33: — Med, observe religiously, ἡμέρας καὶ μῆνας Galatians 4:10; τὴν τῶν σαββάτων ἡμέραν J. AJ 14.10.25: generally, ὅσα προστάττουσιν [οἱ νόμοι] ἀκριβῶς π. D.C. 53.10.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

παρα -τηρέω , -ῶ ,

[in LXX: Psalms 37:12 (H2161), Psalms 130:8 (H8104), Da TH Daniel 6:11 (12), Su 1:12,15,16*;]

1. to watch closely, observe narrowly: so mid., τ . πύλας , Acts 9:24; with evil intent, Mark 3:2, Luke 20:20 (absol., v. Field, Notes, 74); so mid., Luke 6:7; Luke 14:1.

2. to observe scrupulously (of days and seasons; cf. Exodus 12:42, Sm.): mid., Galatians 4:10.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";confidence,"; ";trust,"; confined in the NT to Paul, is condemned by the Atticists, see Lob. Phryn. p. 294 f., Rutherford NP p. 355. The subst. is found in the LXX only in 4Ki. 18:18 [MT 2 Kings 18:19] : for the verb see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 224 f.

List of Word Forms

παρατηρεισθε παρατηρείσθε παρατηρεῖσθε παρατηρησαντες παρατηρήσαντες παρατηρήσεται παρατηρήσης παρατηρουμενοι παρατηρούμενοι παρετήρησαν παρετηρουν παρετήρουν παρετηρουντο παρετηροῦντο paratereisthe paratereîsthe paratēreisthe paratēreîsthe parateresantes paraterḗsantes paratērēsantes paratērḗsantes parateroumenoi parateroúmenoi paratēroumenoi paratēroúmenoi pareteroun paretēroun paretḗroun pareterounto pareteroûnto paretērounto paretēroûnto

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