Lexical Summary tērēsis: a watching, imprisonment, a keeping Original Word: τήρησιςTransliteration: tērēsis Phonetic Spelling: (tay'-ray-sis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a watching, imprisonment, a keeping Meaning: a watching, imprisonment, a keeping Strong's Concordance hold. From tereo; a watching, i.e. (figuratively) observance, or (concretely) a prison -- hold. see GREEK tereo 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. |