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Lexicon :: Strong's G1201 - desmōtērion

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δεσμωτήριον
Transliteration
desmōtērion (Key)
Pronunciation
des-mo-tay'-ree-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of δεσμός (G1199) (equivalent to δεσμέω (G1196))
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Strong’s Definitions

δεσμωτήριον desmōtḗrion, des-mo-tay'-ree-on; from a derivative of G1199 (equivalent to G1196); a place of bondage, i.e. a dungeon:—prison.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G1201 in the following manner: prison (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G1201 in the following manner: prison (4x).
  1. a prison, a jail

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δεσμωτήριον desmōtḗrion, des-mo-tay'-ree-on; from a derivative of G1199 (equivalent to G1196); a place of bondage, i.e. a dungeon:—prison.
STRONGS G1201:
δεσμωτήριον, -ου, τό, a prison, jail: Matthew 11:2; Acts 5:21, 23; Acts 16:26. (Genesis 40:3; [Herodotus], Thucydides, Plato, Demosthenes, others.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
40:3
Matthew
11:2
Acts
5:21; 5:23; 16:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1201 matches the Greek δεσμωτήριον (desmōtērion),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:2 -

Now when [fn]John [the Baptist] in prison heard about the activities of Christ, he sent word by his disciples

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:21 - When they heard this, they went into the temple [courtyards] about daybreak and began teaching.

Now when the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), even all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent word to the prison for the apostles to be brought [before them].

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:23 - “We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened [the doors], we found no one inside.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:26 - suddenly there was a great earthquake, so [powerful] that the very foundations of the prison were shaken and at once all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.
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