Lexicon / G5084
τήρησις
tērēsis
  • jail/keeping
  • a watching
  • imprisonment, ward
  • a keeping

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: jail/keeping

τήρησις, -εως, ἡ

(τηρέω), [in LXX: Wis.6:18, (Sir.32:23), 1Ma.5:18, 2Ma.3:40, 3Ma.5:44 * ;]

__1. a watching, hence, imprisonment, ward (see Deiss. BS, 267): Act.4:3 5:18.

__2. a keeping: τ. ἐντολῶν (cf. Sir, Wis, ll. with, and see Westc. on 1Jn.2:3.), 1Co.7:19.†

(AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: a watching; imprisonment, ward; a keeping

a watching; imprisonment, ward; a keeping