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STRONGS NUMBER G5084

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Word Summary
tērēsis: a watching, imprisonment, a keeping
Original Word: τήρησις
Transliteration: 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: τήρησις

τήρησις, 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.



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