noun · feminine

tērēsias

Greekτήρησις (tērēsis)

Strong’sG5084

a prison, observance

stem tērēsi-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

custody1×keeping1×prison1×

What it means

** τήρησις, -εως, ἡ

(< τηρέω), [in LXX: Wi 6:18, (Si 35 (32):23), I Mac 5:18, II Mac 3:40, III Mac 5:44 *;]

1. a watching, hence, imprisonment, ward (v. Deiss., BS, 267): Ac 4:3 5:18.

2. a keeping: τ. ἐντολῶν (cf. Sir, Wi, ll. c., and v. Westc. on I Jo 2:3.), I Co 7:19.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5084 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtay'-ray-sis

a watching, i.e. (figuratively) observance, or (concretely) a prison

Fromfrom G5083;

King Jameshold.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	tērēsias1×τήρησις	tērēsiais
object accusative	tērēsian1×τήρησιν	tērēsiain
direct address vocative	tērēsiar	tērēsiair
of, belonging to genitive	tērēsiau	tērēsiaiu
to, for dative	tērēsia1×τηρήσει	tērēsiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

tērēsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

tērēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

tērēsias“keeping”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Corinthians 7:19“keeping”tas peritomas oudenem atō, kai tas akrobustias oudenem atō, alla tērēsias entolaiu theou.Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

tērēsian“custody”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 4:3“custody”kai epiballala autoi tain cheirain kai tithela eis tērēsian eis tan aurion, ate gar hesperas ēdē.They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

tērēsia“prison”to, fordative singular1×

Acts 5:18“prison”kai epiballala tain cheirain epi toin apostoloin kai tithela autoin en tērēsia dēmosia.and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.