UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: τήρησις; -εως

Sense 1: to guard, to keep watch, custody

Semantic entry: 37.122

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Guard, Watch Over

Definition: to continue to hold in custody

Notes: The act of holding someone in custody or guarding an individual may be expressed as ‘standing guard to see that someone will not escape’ or ‘watching carefully so that one cannot run off’ or ‘tying someone up so that he cannot leave.’

ACT 4:3: RV ACT 4:3 · LV ACT 4:3 · Read together ACT 4:3

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3 So they arrested the two, and as it was already evening, they put them in jail overnight.

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3 And they _laid_ their _on on _them hands, and they _put them in jail to the_ next _day, because/for it _was already evening.

ACT 5:18: RV ACT 5:18 · LV ACT 5:18 · Read together ACT 5:18

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18 by having the missionaries arrested and thrown into the public jail.

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18 and they _laid _on their hands on the ambassadors, and they _put them in public jail.

Sense 2: jail, prison

Semantic entry: 7.24

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Buildings

Definition: a place of detention

Notes: Practically all languages have terms for a jail or a prison, though in some instances a descriptive phrase is employed, ‘a place where people are tied up’ or ‘a place to be chained.’ In some instances, highly idiomatic expressions are used, ‘a place for eating iron’ or ‘a room with rats.’

Further resources: realia:3.21.1

ACT 5:18: RV ACT 5:18 · LV ACT 5:18 · Read together ACT 5:18

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18 by having the missionaries arrested and thrown into the public jail.

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