Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
2. (v. t.) To imprison.
Greek
4887. sundeo -- to bind together ... prisoners in chains. Cognate: 4887 -- properly, to bind (closely) together,
like prisoners are in
jail. See 4886 (). Word Origin
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4887.htm - 6k3612. oikema -- a dwelling
... Word Origin from oikeo Definition a dwelling NASB Word Usage cell (1). prison cell.
From oikeo; a tenement, ie (specially), a jail -- prison. see GREEK oikeo. ...
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5084. teresis -- a watching, hence imprisonment, a keeping
... 18.]. Word Origin from tereo Definition a watching, hence imprisonment,
a keeping NASB Word Usage jail (2), keeping (1). hold. From ...
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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
... /hebrew/4929.htm - 6k 5470. sohar -- perhaps roundness
... 5469, 5470. sohar. 5471 . perhaps roundness. Transliteration: sohar Phonetic
Spelling: (so'-har) Short Definition: jail. Word Origin ...
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4307. mattara -- a guard, ward, prison, target, mark
... mark, prison. Or mattarah {mat-taw-raw'}; from natar; a jail (as a guard-house);
also an aim (as being closely watched) -- mark, prison. see HEBREW natar. ...
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6495. peqach-qoach -- an opening
... opening of the prison. From paqach redoubled; opening (of a dungeon), ie Jail-delivery
(figuratively, salvation for sin) -- opening of the prison. ...
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612. esur -- a band, bond
... Definition: bonds. Word Origin from asar Definition a band, bond NASB Word
Usage bonds (1), chains (1), jail* (1). band, prison. From ...
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1004. bayith -- a house
... 125), household was inside (1), households (73), houses (101), houses while house
(1), inner (2), inside* (13), inward (5), inward* (1), jail* (6), jailer* (3 ...
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Library
Calcutta and the Mission Centres from Delhi to Amboyna
... Birmingham. The first is about a mile south of the city; at nearly the same
distance are the public jail and the general hospital. ...
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A Defence of the Doctrine of Justification, by Faith in Jesus ...
... Bunyan was at that time suffering his tedious imprisonment for conscience sake in
Bedford jail; and having refused to expatriate himself, was in daily fear ...
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Christ and the Dog
... There is a jailer in Chicago who, when a man has served his term in jail, gives
him a letter of recommendation so that he can get a job. ...
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Psalm LXXVII.
... If a jail be the cause of tribulation, thou seekest to get forth from jail: if fever
be the cause of tribulation, thou seekest health: if hunger be the cause ...
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How we Don't Get In, and How we Do.
... Rather striking that; intensely significant for us moderns. Peter hadn't
enough influence with the authorities to keep out of jail. ...
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The Introduction of the Gospel into Europe, and the Ministry of ...
... and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them."
[94:2] What must have been the wonder of the other inmates of the jail, as these ...
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A Relation of My Imprisonment in the Month of November 1660
... meetings. Bun. I said, It may be so. Then he wished me to get sureties to
be bound for me, or else he would send me to the jail. My ...
/.../grace abounding to the chief of sinners/a relation of my imprisonment.htm
Goodness in a Dungeon
... Paul the prisoner, John in Patmos, Bunyan in Bedford jail, George Fox in Lancaster
Castle, Rutherford in Aberdeen, and many more, have found the Lord with them ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/goodness in a dungeon.htm
A Relaton of the Imprisonment of Mr. John Bunyan, Minister of the ...
... meetings. Bun. I said, it may be so. Then he wished me to get sureties to
be bound for me, or else he would send me to the jail. My ...
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The Riot at Philippi
... requirement of safe keeping too leniently. One would not look for much human
kindness in a Philippian jail. So it was natural that ...
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Thesaurus
Jail (15 Occurrences)... Multi-Version Concordance
Jail (15 Occurrences).
... (See NAS NIV). Acts 5:18 and laid
hands upon the Apostles, and put them into the public
jail. (WEY NAS NIV).
.../j/jail.htm - 10kJailer (8 Occurrences)
... and power. Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) The keeper of a jail or prison.
Multi-Version Concordance Jailer (8 Occurrences). Acts ...
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Jug (11 Occurrences)
... one side. 2. (n.) A pitcher; a ewer. 3. (n.) A prison; a jail; a lockup.
4. (vt ... a hare. 5. (vt) To commit to jail; to imprison. 6. (vi ...
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Quite (55 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Acts 5:23 saying, "The jail we found quite safely locked, and the warders
were on guard at the doors, but upon going in we found no one there." (WEY NAS) ...
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Killing (41 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:27 Starting up from sleep and seeing the doors of the jail wide open, the
jailer drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing that ...
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Jah'zi-el (1 Occurrence)
Jah'zi-el. Jahziel, Jah'zi-el. Jail . Multi-Version Concordance Jah'zi-el
(1 Occurrence). ... (See RSV). Jahziel, Jah'zi-el. Jail . Reference Bible.
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Lock (6 Occurrences)
... (vt) To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks
of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. ...
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Lodged (35 Occurrences)
... Acts 12:4 He had him arrested and lodged in jail, handing him over to the care of
sixteen soldiers; and intended after the Passover to bring him out again to ...
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Warders (1 Occurrence)
... Acts 5:23 saying, "The jail we found quite safely locked, and the warders were on
guard at the doors, but upon going in we found no one there." (WEY). ...
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Wide (206 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:27 Starting up from sleep and seeing the doors of the jail wide open, the
jailer drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing that ...
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Resources
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