- Original: τήρησις - Transliteration: Teresis - Phonetic: tay'-ray-sis - Definition: 1. a watching a. of prisoners b. a place where prisoners are kept, a prison 2. a keeping a. complying with, obeying - Origin: from G5083 - TDNT entry: 10:26,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G5083 ; a watching that is (figuratively) observance or (concretely) a prison: - hold. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • hold, 1 Act 4:3 • keeping, 1 1 Corinthians 7:19 • prison, 1 Act 5:18