Bible Dictionary: Prisons

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Greek

5438. phulake -- a guarding, guard, watch
... Word Origin from phulasso Definition a guarding, guard, watch NASB Word Usage guard
(1), imprisonment (1), imprisonments (2), prison (34), prisons (3), time of ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3608. kele -- confinement, restraint, imprisonment
... Word Origin from kala Definition confinement, restraint, imprisonment NASB
Word Usage prison (2), prison* (7), prisons (1). prison. ...
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Library

The Prisons at Alcala and Salamanca
... CHAPTER VI THE PRISONS AT ALCALA AND SALAMANCA. After the space of four
months, Ignatius, who did not remain at the hospital, was ...
/.../loyola/the autobiography of st ignatius/chapter vi the prisons at.htm

The Galleys
... Huddled together in damp and filthy prisons, crawling with vermin, covered with
sores and ulcers, brawling, blaspheming and fighting, the galley slaves made a ...
/.../forbes/life of st vincent de paul/chapter 4 the galleys.htm

That Holy Indifference Extends to all Things.
... Indifference; to show ourselves the true servants of God, in much patience, in
tribulation, in necessities, an distresses, in stripes, in prisons, in seditions ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter v that holy indifference.htm

Whether Christ Delivered any of the Lost from Hell?
... hast sent forth Thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water," the gloss observes:
"Thou hast delivered them who were held bound in prisons, where no mercy ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ delivered any of.htm

Examples of True Eloquence Drawn from the Epistles of Paul and the ...
... Christ? (I speak as a fool), I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes
above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 7 examples of true eloquence.htm

Acts xxi. 39, 40
... Then he brings forward proofs also, saying, "and I persecuted this way unto the
death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xlvii acts xxi 39.htm

A Break to Canada
... God. Back in Canada, the Adjutant plunged into a programme of meetings
and the visitation of Army institutions and the prisons. ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/viii a break to canada.htm

Prolonged Agony
... The clergy, the eminent laymen, the leading members of the congregation,
were seized, and flung into the common prisons. Thus the ...
/.../chapter l prolonged agony.htm

How the Zealots when they were Freed from the Idumeans, Slew a ...
... 1. The Idumeans complied with these persuasions; and, in the first place, they set
those that were in the prisons at liberty, being about two thousand of the ...
/.../chapter 6 how the zealots.htm

2 Cor. xi. 21
... be both beaten and scourged. "In prisons more abundantly." Here too again
is there an increase. "In deaths oft." (1 Corinthians ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxv 2 cor xi.htm

Thesaurus

Prisons (7 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Prisons (7 Occurrences). ... Acts 22:4 I persecuted this Way
to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. ...
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Blows (105 Occurrences)
... approval. (BBE). 2 Corinthians 6:5 In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard
work, in watchings, in going without food; (BBE). 2 Corinthians ...
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Frequent (10 Occurrences)
... adverb in comparative degree of perissos, "abundantly," hence, "more abundantly"
(compare 2 Corinthians 1:12); in 2 Corinthians 11:23, "in prisons more frequent ...
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Delivering (35 Occurrences)
... Luke 21:12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will
persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you ...
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Prison (131 Occurrences)
...Prisons and prisoners are mentioned in the book of Psalms (69:33; 79:11; 142:7).
Samson was confined in a Philistine prison (Judges 16:21, 25). ...
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Private (32 Occurrences)

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Vote (3 Occurrences)
... I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the
chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them. ...
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Various (52 Occurrences)
... Armed with authority received from the High Priests I shut up many of God's people
in various prisons, and when they were about to be put to death I gave my ...
/v/various.htm - 22k

Keeper (72 Occurrences)
... kep'-er, (mostly from shamar; phulax): The word is used of keepers of sheep, vineyards,
doors, prisons (in Genesis 39:21;, car; compare Acts 5:23), etc. ...
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Keepers (78 Occurrences)
... kep'-er, (mostly from shamar; phulax): The word is used of keepers of sheep, vineyards,
doors, prisons (in Genesis 39:21;, car; compare Acts 5:23), etc. ...
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Bible Concordance

Prisons (7 Occurrences)

Luke 21:12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 22:4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Acts 26:10 This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS)

2 Corinthians 6:5 In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
(BBE DBY)

2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 11:36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:
(BBE)

Isaiah 42:22 But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become a prey, and no one delivers; and a spoil, and no one says,'Restore them!'
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Prisons

Prisons used for Confining: Condemned Persons Till Executed

Prisons used for Confining: Debtors Till They Paid

Prisons used for Confining: Enemies Taken Captive

Prisons used for Confining: Persons Accused of Crimes

Prisons used for Confining: Persons Accused of Heresy

Prisons used for Confining: Persons Under the King's Displeasure

Prisons used for Confining: Suspected Persons

Prisons were Under the Care of a Keeper

Prisons: Antiquity of

Prisons: Bondage to Sin and Satan