Hold (Noun) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Hold (Noun)
[ 1,,G5084, teresis ]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,,G5438, phulake ]
"a guarding" or "guard" (akin to phulasso, "to guard or watch"), also denotes "a prison, a hold," Revelation 18:2 (twice), RV, "hold" in both places, AV, "cage," in the second (RV, marg., "prison," in both). See CAGE, IMPRISONMENT, PRISON.