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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: τήρησις

(Strong's #5084 — Noun Feminine — teresis — tay'-ray-sis )

translated "hold" in Acts 4:3 , AV, "prison" in Acts 5:18 (RV, "ward"), signifies (a) "a watching, guarding;" hence, "imprisonment, ward" (from tereo, "to watch, keep"); the RV, has "ward" in both places; (b) "a keeping," as a commandments, 1 Corinthians 7:19 . See KEEPING , WARD.

2: φυλακή

(Strong's #5438 — Noun Feminine — phulake — foo-lak-ay' )

"a guarding" or "guard" (akin to phulasso, "to guard or watch"), also denotes "a prison, a hold," Rev, 18:2 (twice), RV, "hold" in both places, AV, "cage," in the second (RV, marg., "prison," in both). See CAGE , IMPRISONMENT, PRISON.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hold'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/hold.html. 1940.
 
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