STRONGS G3906:
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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