Strong's Number G5432

Transliteration:

phroureo{froo-reh'-o}

Word Origin:

from a compound of 4253 and 3708

Part of Speech:

verb

Usage in the KJV:

keep 3, keep with a garrison 1

Total: 4

Definition:

to guard, protect by a military guard, either to prevent hostile invasion, or to keep the inhabitants of a besieged city from flight
metaph.
1. under the control of the Mosaic law, that he might not escape from its power
2. to protect by guarding, to keep
3. by watching and guarding to preserve one for the attainment of something