G5084: τήρησις
tḗrēsis · “jail/keeping”
Definition
a watching, i.e. (figuratively) observance, or (concretely) a prison
KJV translates it as: hold
Word origin: from G5083 (τηρέω);
Extended definition
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)
(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 Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5084 is translated
- custody ×1
- the jail ×1
- keeping ×1
Bible verses with G5084 (tḗrēsis)
Tḗrēsis appears in 3 verses.
- Acts 4:3
And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
- Acts 5:18
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
- 1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.