Bible Dictionary: Confinement

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; a restraint of liberty; seclusion.

2. (n.) Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.

Greek

5010. taxis -- an arranging, order
... orderly array") was a military term in ancient Greece and thus used as a ready
"metaphor in Paul's conversation with the soldiers in His confinement" (, 904). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4929. mishmar -- place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch ...
... mishmar. 4930 . place of confinement, jail, prison, guard, watch, observance.
Transliteration: mishmar Phonetic Spelling: (mish-mawr') Short Definition: guard ...
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3628. keli -- confinement, restraint, imprisonment
... 3627, 3628. keli or kelu. 3629 . confinement, restraint, imprisonment.
Transliteration: keli or kelu Phonetic Spelling: (kel-ee') Short Definition: prison. ...
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3608. kele -- confinement, restraint, imprisonment
... 3607, 3608. kele. 3609 . confinement, restraint, imprisonment. Transliteration:
kele Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-leh) Short Definition: prison. ...
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4689. matsoq -- straits, stress
... anguish, distress. From tsuwq; a narrow place, ie (abstractly and figuratively)
confinement or disability -- anguish, distress, straitness. see HEBREW tsuwq. ...
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Library

Antigonus Besieges those that were in Masada, whom Herod Frees ...
... Antigonus Besieges Those That Were In Masada, Whom Herod Frees From Confinement
When He Came Back From Rome, And Presently Marches To Jerusalem Where He Finds ...
/.../chapter 15 antigonus besieges those.htm

Paul's Second Imprisonment, and Martyrdom; Peter, his Epistles ...
... [153:7] The language of the concluding verses of the Acts warrants the impression
that Paul's confinement had ended some time before the book was completed ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter x pauls second imprisonment.htm

The Natural Supremacy of Reflection
... happiness in this world consists in somewhat quite distinct from regard to others,
and that it is the privilege of vice to be without restraint or confinement? ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/sermon iii the natural supremacy.htm

The Binding of Satan.
... The "key," "pit," and "chain," symbolize the instruments of restraint and confinement
to which Satan is to be subjected; and his being bound and confined ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the binding of satan.htm

The Life of Mr. John Davidson.
... for the same, and was by the king committed prisoner to the castle of Edinburgh;
but, on account of bodily infirmity, this place of confinement was changed to ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr john 3.htm

About the Four Brothers, Called "The Long," who were Ascetics, and ...
... When Theophilus heard of their voluntary confinement, he sent to desire
them to come to him. They replied, that he ought first to ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter xii about the four brothers.htm

Testimonies of the Ancients against Eusebius.
... by thee? Who could bear such things? Do thou tell me, wert thou not in
confinement with me at the time of the persecution? I have ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/testimonies of the ancients against.htm

The Life of Mr. Alexander Moncrief.
... He continued under confinement until July 12.1661, that he had his indictment and
charge, much about the same time with Mr. James Guthrie, which runs upon his ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr alexander 3.htm

The Life of Mr. Samuel Rutherford.
... Aberdeen, &c. during the king's pleasure, which sentence he obeyed, and
forthwith went toward the place of his confinement. From ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr samuel.htm

Departed Saints Fellow Servants with those yet on Earth.
... The rich sinner is represented as passing, at death, into a place of torment, and
confinement, and as despairing of even a momentary enlargement. ...
/.../sermons on various important subjects/sermon xxvii departed saints fellow.htm

Thesaurus

Confinement (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth;
lying-in. Multi-Version Concordance Confinement (6 Occurrences). ...
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Prison (131 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence,
a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody. ...
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Vent (8 Occurrences)
... same passage in feet. 9. (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from
confinement or privacy; outlet. 10. (n.) Emission; escape ...
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Release (61 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude;
to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go. ...
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Discharge (30 Occurrences)
... service; to dismiss. 5. (vt) To release legally from confinement; to set
at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner. 6. (vt) To put ...
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Cage (3 Occurrences)
... In Revelation 18:2 it is the rendering of the Greek phulake, properly a prison or
place of confinement. ... 2. (n.) A place of confinement for malefactors. ...
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Captive (123 Occurrences)
... captivated. 3. (a.) Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in
confinement. 4. (a.) Subdued by love; charmed; captivated. ...
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Scurvy (3 Occurrences)
... It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially
by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited ...
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Confined (18 Occurrences)

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Hold (500 Occurrences)
... 22. (n.) Something that may be grasped; means of support. 23. (n.) A place
of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard. 24. ...
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Bible Concordance

Confinement (6 Occurrences)

Genesis 40:3 He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
(See NAS)

Genesis 40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph to be with them, and he ministered unto them; and they continued a season in ward.
(See NAS)

Genesis 40:7 He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"
(See NAS)

Genesis 41:10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 20:3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in a house of confinement and maintained them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
(DBY NIV)

Jeremiah 37:15 And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in the place of confinement in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
(DBY)

Subtopics

Confinement

Related Terms

Prison (131 Occurrences)

Vent (8 Occurrences)

Release (61 Occurrences)

Discharge (30 Occurrences)

Cage (3 Occurrences)

Captive (123 Occurrences)

Scurvy (3 Occurrences)

Confined (18 Occurrences)

Hold (500 Occurrences)