φυλακίζω (fulakizō) — to imprison / imprisonment / to put in jail

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.’

Show passage in OET: ACT 22:19

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.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

φυλακίζω

Form 1

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