syntēreō · keep safe, treasure

What it means

syntēreō (συντηρέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “keep safe, treasure”.

Preserve, keep safe; keep carefully in mind.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To keep something or someone from being lost.
2. To hold something in memory and ponder it.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• are preserved ×1
• he was protecting ×1
• was keeping ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1

• Matthew 9:17

  Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins are destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

• Mark 6:20

  for Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and he was protecting him. And when he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and he heard him gladly.

• Luke 2:19

  But Mary was keeping all these words, pondering them in her heart.