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Strong's Number G5084

τήρησις
teresis · tay'-ray-sis
Transliteration:
teresis{tay'-ray-sis}
Word Origin:
from 5083
TDNT:
8:146,1174
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Strong's Definition:
a watching, i.e. (figuratively) observance, or (concretely) a prison
Usage in the KJV:
hold 1, prison 1, keeping 1

Total: 3
Occurs 3 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  1. a watching
    1. of prisoners
    2. a place where prisoners are kept, a prison
  2. a keeping
    1. complying with, obeying
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament