Quick Definition
γρηγορέω v. I am awake, am vigilant, watch
Strong's Definition
from 1453; to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: be vigilant, wake, (be) watch(-ful)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἐγείρω
23.72 · Physiological Processes and States · Sleep, Waking
to stay awake, to be watchful to remain awake because of the need to continue alert In some languages γρηγορέω in MAT 24:43 may be rendered as ‘his eyes would be open’ or ‘he would surely see what was happening.’
MAT 24:43 · MAT 26:38 · MAT 26:40 · MAT 26:41 · MRK 14:37 · MRK 14:38 · 1TH 5:6 · 1TH 5:10 · REV 3:2 · REV 3:3 · REV 16:15
27.56 · Learn · Be Ready To Learn, Pay Attention
to be alert, to be watchful, to be vigilant (a figurative extension of meaning of γρηγορέω[a] ‘to stay awake,’ 23.72) to be in continuous readiness and alertness to learn
MAT 24:42 · MAT 25:13 · MRK 13:34 · MRK 13:35 · MRK 13:37 · MRK 14:34 · LUK 12:37 · ACT 20:31 · 1CO 16:13 · COL 4:2 · 1TH 5:6 · 1PE 5:8
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γρηγορέω, -ῶ; 1 aor. ἐγρηγόρησα; (fr. ἐγρήγορα, to have been roused from sleep, to be awake, pf. of ἐγείρω ; cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 118 sq.; Bttm. Ausf. Spr. ii. p. 158; [W. 26 (25); 92 (88)]); to watch; 1. prop.: Mt. xxiv. 43; xxvi. 88, 40; Mk. xiii. 34; xiv. 34,37; Lk. xii. 37, 39 RGL Trtxt. WH txt. As to sleep is often i. q. to die, so once, 1 Th. v. 10, ypny. means to live, be alive on earth. 2. Metaph. 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, Mt. xxiv. 42; xxv. 13; Mk. xiii. 35, [37]; Rev. xvi. 15; or lest one be led to forsake Christ, Mt. xxvi. 41; Mk. xiv. 38; or lest one fall into sin, 1 Th. v. 6; 1 Co. xvi. 13; 1 Pet. v. 8; Rev. iii. 2 56. ; or be corrupted by errors, Acts xx. 31; ἔν τινι, to be watchful in, employ the most punctilious care in a thing: Col. iv. 2. (Sept. ; [Bar. ii. 9; 1 Mace. xii. 27; Aristot. plant. 1, 2 p- 816°, 29. 37]; Joseph. antt.11,3,4; Achill. Tat. ; al.) [SYN. see dypurvéw. Comp.: δια- γρηγορέω.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
γρηγορέω grēgoreō 22x
to be awake, to watch, Mt. 26:38, 40, 41; Mk. 14:34; 37, 38; to be alive, 1 Thess. 5:10; met. to be watchful, attentive, vigilant, circumspect, Mt. 25:13; Mk. 13:35, et al.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
γρηγορέω, -ῶ, = Attic ἐργήγορα, pf. of ἐγείρω, q.v.,
[in LXX (later bks. only) chiefly for שׁקד ;]
to be awake; metaph., of being alive, I Th 5:10.
to watch: Mt 24:43 26:38, 40 Mk 13:34 14:34, 37 Lk 12:37, 39; metaph., Mt 24:42 25:13 26:41, Mk 13:35, 37 14:38, Ac 20:31, I Co 16:13, I Th 5:6, I Pe 5:8, Re 3:2, 3 16:15; seq. ἐν, Col 4:2. (Cf. δια-γρηγορέω.†
SYN.: v.s. ἀγρθπνέω.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
γρηγορέω of the document referred to, e.g. P Par 13! (probably B.C. 157) ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ποήσῃ καθότι γέγραπται, ἀποτίνειν αὐτὸν τὴν φέρνην παραχρῆμα σὺν τῇ ἡμιολίᾳ, in connexion with a marriage contract, P Leid O18 (B.c. 89) ἐὰν δὲ μ[ὴ ἀποδῷ καθ[ότι] γέγραπται, ἀποτεισάτω Τ]ετειμούθης κτλ. To the examples from the inscriptions we may add Prvene 10588 (c. B.C. 9) ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ Κορνελίωι νόμωι γέγραπται, and 127 (soon after B.C. 300) κατὰ τὰ γεγραμμένα of a preceding decree (cf. 2 Cor 413) : see Rouffiac, p. 49 f. For the authenticating autographic signatures to the Pauline letters, as 2 Th 317 6 ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου, ὅ ἐστιν σημεῖον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ" οὕτως γράφω, sce Deissmann LAZ, p. 153, Milligan Documents, p. 24f., and H. Erman in M/éanges Nicole, p. 130ff. The perf. γεγράφηκα occurs in P Hib I. 782 (B.c. 244-2), BGU IV. 1205} (B.c. 28), both in participle: γέγραφα is exceedingly common. MGr shows the traces of both passive aorists (ἐγράφτηκα and ἐγράφηκα). Abbott (Songs, p. 290) cites a modern proverb ὅτι γράφει δὲν ξεγράφει. ‘what is written cannot be unwritten”: cf. Jn 1953.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
γρηγορέω (grēgoreō) — to keep watch. γρηγορ-έω, late present, formed from perfect ἐγρήγορα (which see), to be or become fully awake, watch, [LXX+NT+3rd c.AD+]; ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις[LXX]passive, ἐγρηγορήθη ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσεβήματά μου[LXX]; opposed to καθεύδω, of life opposed to death, [NT]