G5084

τήρησις

tērēsisG:N-F

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)

The KJV translates G5084 in the following manner:

hold (2x), keeping (2x), prison (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

τήρησις — tḗrēsis

τήρησις, τηρησεως, ἡ (τηρέω);

a. a watching: of prisoners (Thucydides 7, 86); the place where prisoners are kept, a prison (R. V. ward): Act 4:3; Act 5:18.

b. a keeping, i. e. complying with obeying: τῶν ἐντολῶν, 1Co 7:19; Sir. 35:23 (Sir 32:23); νόμων, Wis 6:19.

3 occurrences

Acts (2), I Corinthians (1)