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Watch (Noun and Verb), Watchers, Watchful, Watchings
<A-1,Noun,5438,phulake> is used (a) with the meaning "a watch," actively, "a guarding," Luke 2:8, lit., "(keeping, phulasso) watches;" (b) of "the time during which guard was kept by night, a watch of the night," Matt. 14:25; 24:43; Mark 6:48; Luke 12:38. See CAGE, HOLD, IMPRISONMENT, PRISON.
Note: Among the Jews the night was divided into three "watches" (see, e.g., Exod. 14:24; Judg. 7:19), and this continued on through Roman times. The Romans divided the night into four "watches;" this was recognized among the Jews (see Mark 13:35).
<A-2,Noun,2892,koustodia> from Lat., custodia (cp. Eng., "custody"), is rendered "watch" in Matt. 27:65,66; 28:11, AV: see GUARD.
<A-3,Noun,70,agrupnia> "sleeplessness" (akin to B, No. 4), is rendered "watchings" in 2 Cor. 6:5; 11:27.
<B-1,Verb,1127,gregoreo> "to watch," is used (a) of "keeping awake," e.g., Matt. 24:43; 26:38,40,41; (b) of "spiritual alertness," e.g., Acts 20:31; 1 Cor. 16:13; Col. 4:2; 1 Thess. 5:6,10 (for which see WAKE); 1 Pet. 5:8, RV, "be watchful" (AV, "be vigilant"); Rev. 3:2,3; 16:15.
<B-2,Verb,5083,tereo> "to keep," is rendered "to watch," of those who kept guard at the Cross, Matt. 27:36,54; 28:4, RV, "watchers" (AV, "keepers"), lit., "the watching ones." See HOLD, No. 8, KEEP, OBSERVE, PRESERVE, RESERVE.
<B-3,Verb,3906,paratereo> "to observe," especially with sinister intent (para, "near," and No. 2), is rendered "to watch" in Mark 3:2; Luke 6:7; 14:1; 20:20; Acts 9:24. See OBSERVE.
<B-4,Verb,69,agrupneo> "to be sleepless" (from agreuo, "to chase," and hupnos, "sleep"), is used metaphorically, "to be watchful," in Mark 13:33; Luke 21:36; Eph. 6:18; Heb. 13:17. The word expresses not mere wakefulness, but the "watchfulness" of those who are intent upon a thing.
<B-5,Verb,3525,nepho> "to abstain from wine," is used metaphorically of moral "alertness," and translated "to watch," in the AV of 2 Tim. 4:5. See SOBER.