** 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 4:35:18.
2. a keeping: τ. ἐντολῶν (cf. Sir, Wi, ll. c., and v. Westc. on I Jo 2:3.), I Co 7:19.†