is used (a) with the meaning “a watch,” actively, “a guarding,” Luk 2:8<\/span>, lit., “(keeping, phulasso) watches;” (b) of “the time during which guard was kept by night, a watch of the night,” Mat 14:25<\/span>; Mat 24:43<\/span>; Mar 6:48<\/span>; Luk 12:38<\/span>. See CAGE, HOLD, IMPRISONMENT, PRISON. <\/p>\n Note: Among the Jews the night was divided into three “watches” (see, e.g., Exo 14:24<\/span>; Jdg 7:19<\/span>), and this continued on through Roman times. The Romans divided the night into four “watches;” this was recognized among the Jews (see Mar 13:35<\/span>). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n from Lat., custodia (cp. Eng., “custody”), is rendered “watch” in Mat 27:65-66<\/span>; Mat 28:11<\/span>, AV: see GUARD. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “sleeplessness” (akin to B, No. 4), is rendered “watchings” in 2Co 6:5<\/span>; 2Co 11:27<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to watch,” is used (a) of “keeping awake,” e.g., Mat 24:43<\/span>; Mat 26:38<\/span>, Mat 26:40-41<\/span>; (b) of “spiritual alertness,” e.g., Act 20:31<\/span>; 1Co 16:13<\/span>; Col 4:2<\/span>; 1Th 5:6<\/span>, 1Th 5:10<\/span> (for which see WAKE); 1Pe 5:8<\/span>, RV, “be watchful” (AV, “be vigilant”); Rev 3:2-3<\/span>; Rev 16:15<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to keep,” is rendered “to watch,” of those who kept guard at the Cross, Mat 27:36<\/span>, Mat 27:54<\/span>; Mat 28:4<\/span>, RV, “watchers” (AV, “keepers”), lit., “the watching ones.” See HOLD, No. 8, KEEP, OBSERVE, PRESERVE, RESERVE. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to observe,” especially with sinister intent (para, “near,” and No. 2), is rendered “to watch” in Mar 3:2<\/span>; Luk 6:7<\/span>; Luk 14:1<\/span>; Luk 20:20<\/span>; Act 9:24<\/span>. See OBSERVE. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to be sleepless” (from agreuo, “to chase,” and hupnos, “sleep”), is used metaphorically, “to be watchful,” in Mar 13:33<\/span>; Luk 21:36<\/span>; Eph 6:18<\/span>; Heb 13:17<\/span>. The word expresses not mere wakefulness, but the “watchfulness” of those who are intent upon a thing. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to abstain from wine,” is used metaphorically of moral “alertness,” and translated “to watch,” in the AV of 2Ti 4:5<\/span>. See SOBER. <\/p>\n Watch (Noun and Verb), Watchers, Watchful, Watchings is used (a) with the meaning “a watch,” actively, “a guarding,” Luk 2:8, lit., “(keeping, phulasso) watches;” (b) of “the time during which guard was kept by night, a watch of the night,” Mat 14:25; Mat 24:43; Mar 6:48; Luk 12:38. See CAGE, HOLD, IMPRISONMENT, PRISON. Note: Among … Continue reading “Watch (Noun and Verb), Watchers, Watchful, Watchings”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"