Strong’s G5084 · Greek
τήρησις
tḗrēsis · tay'-ray-sis
Origin from τηρέω (G5083);
Meaning a watching, i.e. (figuratively) observance, or (concretely) a prison
In the King James Version hold.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 4:3And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
- Acts 5:18And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
- 1 Corinthians 7:19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.