Strong's Concordance 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.] Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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. From tereo; a watching, i.e. (figuratively) observance, or (concretely) a prison -- hold. see GREEK tereo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 50843 Occurrences τηρήσει — 1 Occ. τήρησιν — 1 Occ. τήρησις — 1 Occ. Acts 4:3 N-AFS GRK: ἔθεντο εἰς τήρησιν εἰς τὴν NAS: on them and put them in jail until KJV: put [them] in hold unto the next day: INT: put [them] in hold until the Acts 5:18 N-DFS 1 Corinthians 7:19 N-NFS |
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