to preserve, to keep, to maintain;
to guard, to watch over;
to preserve, to guarantee;
to keep, to observe;
to hide, to keep secret, to conceal;
to abstain from, to fast;
լռութիւն, — to keep silence;
— զանձն յիմեքէ, to refrain, to forbear, to avoid;
նմա պահեալ կայ or է, it is reserved or destined for him to;
cf. Խոստումն.