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Lexicon :: Strong's G1127 - grēgoreō

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γρηγορέω
Transliteration
grēgoreō (Key)
Pronunciation
gray-gor-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:338,195

Strong’s Definitions

γρηγορεύω grēgoreúō, gray-gor-yoo'-o; from G1453; to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively):—be vigilant, wake, (be) watch(-ful).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G1127 in the following manner: watch (21x), wake (1x), be vigilant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G1127 in the following manner: watch (21x), wake (1x), be vigilant (1x).

  1. to watch

  2. metaph. give strict attention to, be cautious, active

    1. to take heed lest through remission and indolence some destructive calamity suddenly overtake one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γρηγορεύω grēgoreúō, gray-gor-yoo'-o; from G1453; to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively):—be vigilant, wake, (be) watch(-ful).
STRONGS G1127:
γρηγορέω, -ῶ; 1 aorist ἐγρηγόρησα; (from ἐγρήγορα, to have been roused from sleep, to be awake, perfect of ἐγείρω; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 118f; Bttm. Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 158; [Winers Grammar, 26 (25); 92 (88)]); to watch;
1. properly: Matthew 24:43; Matthew 26:38, 40; Mark 13:34; Mark 14:34, 37; Luke 12:37, 39 R G L Tr text WH text. As to sleep is often equivalent to to die, so once, 1 Thessalonians 5:10, γρηγ. means to live, be alive on earth.
2. Metaphorically, to watch i. e. give strict attention to, be cautious, active: — to take heed lest through remissness and indolence some destructive calamity suddenly overtake one, Matthew 24:42; Matthew 25:13; Mark 13:35, [Mark 13:37]; Revelation 16:15; or lest one be led to forsake Christ, Matthew 26:41; Mark 14:38; or lest one fall into sin, 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 3:2f; or be corrupted by errors, Acts 20:31; ἔν τινι, to be watchful in, employ the most punctilious care in a thing: Colossians 4:2. (Sept.; [Baruch 2:9; 1 Macc. 12:27; Aristotle, plant. 1, 2, p. 816b, 29, 37]; Josephus, Antiquities 11, 3, 4; Achilles Tatius; others)
[Synonym: see ἀγρυπνέω. Compare: διαγρηγορέω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
24:42; 24:43; 25:13; 26:38; 26:40; 26:41
Mark
13:34; 13:35; 13:37; 14:34; 14:37; 14:38
Luke
12:37; 12:39
Acts
20:31
1 Corinthians
16:13
Colossians
4:2
1 Thessalonians
5:6; 5:10
1 Peter
5:8
Revelation
3:2; 16:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1127 matches the Greek γρηγορέω (grēgoreō),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:42 - Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:13 - Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:38 - Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:40 - He came to the talmidim, and found them sleeping, and said to Rock, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:41 - Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:34 - "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:35 - Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:37 - What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:34 - He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:37 - He came and found them sleeping, and said to Rock, "Shim`on, are you sleeping? Couldn't you watch one hour?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:38 - Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37 - Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most assuredly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:39 - But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:31 - Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn't cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:13 - Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:2 - Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:6 - so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:10 - who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:8 - Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:2 - Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 - Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:15 - "Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."
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