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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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δεσμωτήριον

Strong’s: G1201

Associated OET lemmas: δεσμωτήριον

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: δεσμωτήριον; -ου

Related lemmas: δέω

Sense 1: jail, prison

Semantic entry: 7.24

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Buildings

Definition: a place of detention

Notes: Practically all languages have terms for a jail or a prison, though in some instances a descriptive phrase is employed, ‘a place where people are tied up’ or ‘a place to be chained.’ In some instances, highly idiomatic expressions are used, ‘a place for eating iron’ or ‘a room with rats.’

Further resources: realia:3.21.1

MAT 11:2: RV MAT 11:2 · LV MAT 11:2 · Read together MAT 11:2

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OET-RV MAT 11:2

2 When Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes), who was in prison, heard about what the messiah was doing, he sent some of his apprentices

OET-LV MAT 11:2

2 And the Yōannaʸs, having_heard in the prison the works of_the chosen_one/messiah, having_sent through of_the apprentices/followers of_him,

ACT 5:21: RV ACT 5:21 · LV ACT 5:21 · Read together ACT 5:21

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OET-RV ACT 5:21

21 So at dawn, having taken notice of the messenger, they went into the temple and started teaching the people there again.
 ¶ When the chief priest arrived with his companions, they called together the religious council and also the political council of Yisrael (Israel), then called for the missionaries to be brought in from the prison.

OET-LV ACT 5:21

21 And having_heard, they_came_in by the dawn into the temple, and they_were_teaching.
And having_arrived the chief_priest and the ones with him, they_called_together the council and all the council of_the sons of_Israaʸl/(Yisrāʼēl), and they_sent_out to the prison for_them to_be_brought.
All 4 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 11:2 · LV MAT 11:2 · Read together MAT 11:2

ACT: RV ACT 5:21 · RV ACT 5:23 · RV ACT 16:26 · LV ACT 5:21 · LV ACT 5:23 · LV ACT 16:26 · Read together ACT 5:21 · Read together ACT 5:23 · Read together ACT 16:26