Strong's #5084: teresis (pronounced tay'-ray-sis)

from 5083; a watching, i.e. (figuratively) observance, or (concretely) a prison:--hold.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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tērēsis

1) a watching

1a) of prisoners

1b) a place where prisoners are kept, a prison

2) a keeping

2a) complying with, obeying

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from G5083

Citing in TDNT: 8:146, 1174

Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

 

Acts 4:3: "them, and put them in hold unto the next day:"
Acts 5:18: "them in the common prison."
1 Corinthians 7:19: "is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God."