παρατηρέω,
παρατήρω: imperfect 3 person plural
παρετήρουν; 1 aorist
παρετήρησα; middle, present
παρατηροῦμαι; imperfect 3 person plural
παρετηροῦντο; properly,
to stand beside and watch (cf.
παρά, IV. 1);
to watch assiduously, observe carefully;
a. to watch, attend to, with the eyes:
τά ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ γιγνόμενα; of auguries,
Dio Cassius, 38, 13;
τινα, one, to see what he is going to do (
Xenophon, mem. 3, 14, 4); contextually in a bad sense,
to watch insidiously, Luke 20:20 (Tr marginal reading ἀποχωρησαντες) (joined with ἐνεδρεύειν, Polybius 17, 3, 2); τινα (Polybius 11, 9, 9; the Sept. Psalm 36:12 (Psalms 37:12); Susanna 16) followed by the interrogative εἰ, Mark 3:2 R G T WH Tr text; Luke vi.; Rec.; middle to watch for oneself: Mark 3:2 L Tr marginal reading; Luke 6:7 L T Tr WH ((in both passive followed by interrogative εἰ)); Luke 14:1; active with an accusative of place (Polybius 1, 29, 4): τάς πύλας (followed by ὅπως, cf. Buttmann, 237 (205)), Acts 9:24 R G, where L T Tr WH give middle παρετηροῦντο.
b. to observe equivalent to to keep scrupulously; to neglect nothing requisite to the religious observance of: ἑβδομάδας, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 5, 5; (τήν τῶν σαββάτων ἡμέραν. id. 14, 10, 25); middle (for oneself, i. e. for one's salvation), ἡμέρας, μῆνας, καιρούς, Galatians 4:10 (ὅσα προσταττουσιν, οἱ νόμοι, Dio Cassius, 53, 10; (τά εἰς βρῶσιν οὐ νενομισμενα, Josephus, contra Apion 2, 39, 2)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Psalms
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36:12; 37:12
- Mark
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3:2; 3:2
- Luke
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6:7; 14:1; 20:20
- Acts
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9:24
- Galatians
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4:10
