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1.
(
)$
, 1201), “a place of bonds” (from
, “a bond,”
, “to bind”), “a prison,” occurs in Matt. 11:2, in Acts 5:21, 23 and 16:26,
RV
, “prison
house” (
KJV
, “prison”).¶
2.
$
(
)
, 5438), for the various meanings of which see
CAGE
, denotes a
“prison,” e.g., Matt. 14:10; Mark 6:17; Acts 5:19; 2 Cor. 11:23; in 2 Cor. 6:5 and Heb.
11:36 it stands for the condition of imprisonment; in Rev. 2:10; 18:2, “hold” (twice,
RV
,
marg., “prison”; in the 2nd case,
KJV
, “cage”); 20:7.
3.
(
)$
, 5084), “a watching, keeping,” then “a place of keeping” is
translated “prison” in Acts 5:18
KJV
(
RV
“ward”). See
KEEPING
, B.
Notes:
(1) For
in Acts 12:7,
KJV
“prison,” see
CELL
. (2) In Matt. 4:12,
KJV
,
, “to betray, deliver up,” is translated “was cast into prison” (
RV
, “was
delivered up”); see
BETRAY
. In Mark 1:14,
KJV
, “was put in prison,”
RV
, as in Matt. 4:12;
see
PUT
, No. 12.
For
PRISON KEEPER
see
JAILOR
PRISONER
1.
(
!
, 1198), an adjective, primarily denotes “binding, bound,” then, as
a noun, “the person bound, a captive, prisoner” (akin to
, “to bind”), Matt. 27:15, 16;
Mark 15:6; Acts 16:25, 27; 23:18; 25:14,
RV
(
KJV
, “in bonds”), 27; 28:16, 17; Eph. 3:1;
4:1; 2 Tim. 1:8; Philem. 1, 9; in Heb. 10:34 and 13:3, “in bonds.” See
BOND
, No. 2.¶
Note:
The prison at Jerusalem (Acts 5) was controlled by the priests and probably
attached to the high priest’s palace, or the Temple. Paul was imprisoned at Jerusalem in
the fort Antonia, Acts 23:10; at Caesarea, in Herod’s Praetorium, 23:35; probably his
final imprisonment in Rome was in the Tullianum dungeon.
2.
(
0
, 1202), akin to No. 1, occurs in Acts 27:1, 42.¶
3.
$
(
1
, 4869), “a fellow prisoner,” primarily “one of
fellow captives in war” (from
, “a spear,” and
, “to be taken”), is used
by Paul of Andronicus and Junias, Rom. 16:7 of Epaphras, Philem. 23; of Aristarchus,
Col. 4:10, on which Lightfoot remarks that probably his relations with the apostle in
Rome excited suspicion and led to a temporary confinement, or that he voluntarily shared
his captivity by living with him.¶
PRIVATE, PRIVATELY
A. Adjective.
(
5
, 2398), one’s own, is translated “private” in 2 Pet. 1:20 (see under
INTERPRETATION
). See
BUSINESS
, B.
B. Adverbial Phrase.
is translated “privately” in Matt. 24:3; Mark 4:34,
RV
(
KJV
, “when they
were alone”); 6:32 (
KJV
only); 7:33,
RV
; 9:28; 13:3; Luke 10:23; Acts 23:19; Gal. 2:2.
Contrast 2:14.
PRIVILY