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Lexicon :: Strong's G1200 - desmophylax

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δεσμοφύλαξ
Transliteration
desmophylax (Key)
Pronunciation
des-mof-oo'-lax
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

δεσμοφύλαξ desmophýlax, des-mof-oo'-lax; from G1199 and G5441; a jailer (as guarding the prisoners):—jailor, keeper of the prison.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1200 in the following manner: keeper of the prison (2x), jailor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1200 in the following manner: keeper of the prison (2x), jailor (1x).

  1. a keeper of a prison, a jailor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δεσμοφύλαξ desmophýlax, des-mof-oo'-lax; from G1199 and G5441; a jailer (as guarding the prisoners):—jailor, keeper of the prison.
STRONGS G1200:
δεσμοφύλαξ, -κος, ὁ, (δεσμός and φύλαξ, like θησαυροφύλαξ [cf. Winer's Grammar 100 (95)]), a keeper of a prison, a jailer: Acts 16:23, 27, 36. (Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 1; Lucian, Tox. 30; [Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 3, 60; others]; ἀρχιδεσμοφύλαξ, Genesis 39:21-23.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
39:21; 39:22; 39:23
Acts
16:23; 16:27; 16:36

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1200 matches the Greek δεσμοφύλαξ (desmophylax),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:23 -

After they had severely flogged them, they threw them in jail, ordering the jailer to guard them carefully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:27

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When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:36

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The jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. So come out now and go in peace.”

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