UBS Greek Dictionary Article

φυλακίζω

Strong’s: G5439

Associated OET lemmas: φυλακίζω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: φυλάσσω

Sense 1: to imprison, imprisonment, to put in jail

Semantic entry: 37.114

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Imprison

Definition: to confine someone in prison

Notes: ‘To imprison a person’ is often expressed in somewhat idiomatic forms, for example, ‘to be tied inside’ or ‘to be locked in the dark’ or even ‘to eat one’s food with rats.’

ACT 22:19: RV ACT 22:19 · LV ACT 22:19 · Read together ACT 22:19

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OET-RV ACT 22:19

19 ‘Master,’ I replied, ‘they know that previously I was the one imprisoning and beating the people who believed in you,

OET-LV ACT 22:19

19 And _I said:
master, they are _knowing that I was imprisoning and beating in the synagogues, the ones believing in you.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

φυλακίζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to imprison, imprisonment, to put in jail