Lexicon térésis: a watching, hence imprisonment, a keeping Original Word: τήρησις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: térésis Phonetic Spelling: (tay'-ray-sis) Short Definition: a prison, observance Definition: a prison; observance (as of precepts). HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 5084 tḗrēsis – final safe-keeping (well-kept preservation), emphasizing the end-result of being kept intact. See 5083 (tēreō). [5084 (tḗrēsis) accordingly is used of "the place of detention" – literally "a safe keeping place." See Ac 4:3, 5:18.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom téreóDefinitiona watching, hence imprisonment, a keeping NASB Translationjail (2), keeping (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5084: τήρησιςτήρησις, τηρησεως, ἡ ( τηρέω); a. a watching: of prisoners (Thucydides 7, 86); the place where prisoners are kept, a prison (R. V. ward): Acts 4:3; Acts 5:18. b. a keeping, i. e. complying with obeying: τῶν ἐντολῶν, 1 Corinthians 7:19; Sir. 35:23 (Sir. 32:23); νόμων, Wis. 6:19.
Strong's hold. From tereo; a watching, i.e. (figuratively) observance, or (concretely) a prison -- hold. see GREEK tereo |
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