Prison in the Bible: 90 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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prison KJV

“Prison” is in the King James Bible 90 times, in 84 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

φυλακή phulakē 33 times
בּית bayith 17 times
מטּרא מטּרה maṭṭârâ' maṭṭârâh 13 times
כּלא kele' 10 times
סהר sôhar 8 times
δεσμωτήριον desmōtērion 4 times
אסר 'âsar 4 times
מסגּר masgêr 3 times
δεσμοφύλαξ desmophulax 2 times
παραδίδωμι paradidōmi 2 times
כּליא כּלוּא kelı̂y' kelû' 2 times
מהפּכת mahpeketh 2 times

7 more, less often

οἴκημα oikēma 1 time
τήρησις tērēsis 1 time
אסוּר 'êsûr 1 time
משׁמר mishmâr 1 time
עצר ‛ôtser 1 time
פּקדּה peqûddâh 1 time
פּקח־קוח peqach-qôach 1 time

3 verses in Mark Show all

Mark

1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
6:27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

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