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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:23 - many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:36 - and the jailor told these words unto Paul -- 'The magistrates have sent, that ye may be let go; now, therefore, having gone forth go on in peace;'
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