γρηγορέω grēgoreō

Greek word for “to keep watch” · Strong’s G1127 · used 22 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

γρηγορέω, -ῶ, = Attic ἐργήγορα, pf.

How it is translated

Glosses given for grēgoreō in context, with how often each is used:

• do watch 10
• watching 4
• shall watch 2
• do keep watch 1
• had watched 1
• watch 1
• may keep watch 1
• watch? 1
• may watch 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 26 (3), Mark 13 (3), Mark 14 (3), Matthew 24 (2), 1 Thessalonians 5 (2), Revelation 3 (2), Matthew 25 (1), Luke 12 (1), Acts 20 (1), 1 Corinthians 16 (1)

Forms

• γρηγορεῖτε 7
• Γρηγορεῖτε 3
• γρηγορῆσαι 2
• γρηγορῶμεν 2
• γρηγορῶν 2
• ἐγρηγόρησεν 1
• γρηγορῇ 1
• γρηγοροῦντας 1
• γρηγοροῦντες 1
• γρηγορήσατε 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with grēgoreō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• καθεύδω katheudō “to sleep” 4
• κλέπτης kleptēs “thief” 3
• ὥρα hōra “hour” 4
• ποῖος poios “what?” 3
• πρόθυμος prothumos “eager” 2
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 4
• περίλυπος perilupos “sorrowful” 2
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 5
• νήφω nēphō “be sober” 2
• οἰκία oikia “home” 3
• πειρασμός peirasmos “temptation/testing” 2
• μνημονεύω mnēmoneuō “to remember” 2

Key verses

The verses using grēgoreō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
• Matthew 26:41 — Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• Mark 13:34 — For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the…
• Luke 12:37 — Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to…
• Acts 20:31 — Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
• 1 Corinthians 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
• Colossians 4:2 — Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
• 1 Peter 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• Revelation 3:2 — Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
• Revelation 3:3 — Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou…
• Revelation 16:15 — Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.