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

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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

translating H631

4 verses translating H631 Show all

Genesis

42:16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Judges

16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

Ecclesiastes

4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

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