ΤΉΡΗΣΙΣ: ** 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.†