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Lexicon :: Strong's G1200 - desmophylax

Aa
δεσμοφύλαξ
Transliteration
desmophylax (Key)
Pronunciation
des-mof-oo'-lax
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

δεσμοφύλαξ desmophýlax, des-mof-oo'-lax; from G1199 and G5441; a jailer (as guarding the prisoners):—jailor, keeper of the prison.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1200 in the following manner: keeper of the prison (2x), jailor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1200 in the following manner: keeper of the prison (2x), jailor (1x).
  1. a keeper of a prison, a jailor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δεσμοφύλαξ desmophýlax, des-mof-oo'-lax; from G1199 and G5441; a jailer (as guarding the prisoners):—jailor, keeper of the prison.
STRONGS G1200:
δεσμοφύλαξ, -κος, , (δεσμός and φύλαξ, like θησαυροφύλαξ [cf. Winer's Grammar 100 (95)]), a keeper of a prison, a jailer: Acts 16:23, 27, 36. (Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 1; Lucian, Tox. 30; [Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 3, 60; others]; ἀρχιδεσμοφύλαξ, Genesis 39:21-23.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
39:21; 39:22; 39:23
Acts
16:23; 16:27; 16:36

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1200 matches the Greek δεσμοφύλαξ (desmophylax),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:23 - When they had struck G2007 them with many G4183 blows G4127, they threw G906 them into prison G5438, commanding G3853 the jailer G1200 to guard G5083 them securely G806;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - When the jailer G1200 awoke G1853 and saw G3708 the prison G5438 doors G2374 opened G455, he drew G4685 his sword G3162 and was G3195 about G3195 to G3195 kill G337 himself G1438, thinking G3543 that the prisoners G1198 had escaped G1628.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:36 - And the jailer G1200 reported G518 these G3778 words G3056 to Paul G3972, saying, “The chief G4755 magistrates G4755 have sent G649 word that you be released G630. So G3767 come G1831 out G1831 now G3568 and go G4198 in peace G1515.”
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