Quick Definition
a prison
Strong's Definition
a place of bondage, i.e. a dungeon
Derivation: from a derivative of G1199 (δεσμόν) (equivalent to G1196 (δεσμέω));
KJV Usage: prison
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δεσμωτήριον, δεσμωτηρίου, τό, a prison, jail: Mat_11:2; Act_5:21; Act_5:23; Act_16:26. (Gen_40:3; (Herodotus), Thucydides, Plato, Demosthenes, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δεσμωτήριον desmōtērion 4x
a prison, Mat_11:2 ; Act_5:21 ; Act_5:23 ; Act_16:26
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δεσμωτήριον , -ου , τό ,
[in LXX for H5470 H1004 (Ge), H631 ;]
a prison: Mat_11:2 , Act_5:21-23 ; Act_16:26 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δεσμωτήριον [page 143]
See the citation from P Lille 7 s.v. δεσμοφύλαξ , and cf. P Hib I. 73 .6 (B.C. 243 2) ε [ἰς τὸ ἐν Σινάρυ δεσμω ]τήριον , P Tebt II. 567 (A.D. 53 4) ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ εἰς δεσμευτήριον βληθήσεται , BGU IV. 1024 vi. 10 (iv/v A.D.) κ ]ελεύει τὸν Διόδημον ἀναλημφθῆναι τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ , ib. .29 δεσμωτερίῳ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
δεσμωτήριον [Etym: δεσμόω] "a prison", Hdt. , Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δεσμωτήριον, -ου, τό
[in LXX for בֵּית סֹהַר (Ge), אָסִיר ;]
a prison: Mat.11:2, Act.5:21, 23 16:26.†
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