γρηγορέω

γρηγορεύω — grēgoreúō

γρηγορέω, γρηγόρω; 1 aorist ἐγρηγόρησα; (from ἐγρήγορα, to have been roused from sleep, to be awake, perfect of ἐγείρω; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 118f; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 158; (Winers Grammar, 26 (25); 92 (88))); to watch;

1. properly: Mat 24:43; Mat 26:38; Mat 26:40; Mar 13:34; Mar 14:34; Mar 14:37; Luk 12:37; Luk 12:39 R G L Tr text WH text As to sleep is often equivalent to to die, so once, 1Th 5:10, γρηγορέω 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, Mat 24:42; Mat 25:13; Mar 13:35,(37); Rev 16:15; or lest one be led to forsake Christ, Mat 26:41; Mar 14:38; or lest one fall into sin, 1Th 5:6; 1Co 16:13; 1Pe 5:8; Rev 3:2 f; or be corrupted by errors, Act 20:31; ἐν τίνι, to be watchful in, employ the most punctilious care in a thing: Col 4:2. (the Sept.; (Bar 2:9; 1Ma 12:27; Aristotle, plant. 1, 2, p. 816b, 29, 37); Josephus, Antiquities 11, 3, 4; Achilles Tatius; others) (Synonym: see ἀγρυπνέω. Compare: διαγρηγορέω.)