φυλάσσω

to guard, to watch, keep watch, to guard or watch, have an eye upon lest he escape, to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe, lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, etc. to protect, to protect one from a person or thing, to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and unimpaired, to guard from being lost or perishing, to guard one&#39 s self from a thing, to guard i.e. care for, take care not to violate, to observe, to observe for one&#39 s self something to escape, to avoid, shun flee from, to guard for one&#39 s self (i.e. for one&#39 s safety&#39 s sake) so as not to violate, i.e. to keep, observe (the precepts of the Mosaic law)