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Nave Topical Bible
• Prisoners
• Prison
Thompson Chain Reference
• Prisons
• Keepers of Prisons
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Prisoner
• Prison
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Prisons
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Visitation of Prisoners
• Prisoners
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Prison
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Spirits in Prison
• Prison, Spirits in
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Prison
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Spirits in Prison
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Spirits in Prison
• Prison, Prisoners
• Prison Gate
•   (only first 3 shown)
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Spirits in Prison
• Prison
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Spirits in Prison
• Prisoner
• Prison (2)
•   (only first 3 shown)
King James Dictionary
• Prisoner
• Prison
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Prison
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Society, Catholic Prisoners' Aid
• Prisons
• Prison, Mamertine
•   (only first 3 shown)
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Prison
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Prison
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Prisoner
• Prison, Prison-House
• Prison Keeper
Wilson's Bible Types
• Prisoners
• Prison
Webster Dictionary
• Prisonment
• Prisoning
• Prisoner
•   (only first 3 shown)
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Fleet Prison
• Prison
• Prisoners of War
•   (only first 3 shown)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Prison Garments
• Prison, Spirits in
• Prison; Prisoner
•   (only first 3 shown)
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Prison
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Prison
• Prison Reform
• Prison, Ecclesiastical.
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Fleet Prison
• Millbank Prison
• Prisoner of Chillon
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Ecclesiastical Prisons
• Mamertine Prison
• Prisons
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Prison
Lexicons
• ܐܰܣܺܝܪܳܐ
• ܒ݁ܶܝܬ݂‌ܐܰܣܺܝܪܶܐ
• αἰχμαλωτίζω
• δέσμιος
• δεσμοφύλαξ
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• אֵסורּ
• אָסִיר
• אַסִּיר
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• Antiquity of
  Genesis 39:20

• KINDS OF, MENTIONED
  • State
    Jeremiah 37:21; Genesis 39:20
  • Common
    Acts 5:18

• Dungeons attached to
  Jeremiah 38:6; Zechariah 9:11

• Were under the care of a keeper
  Genesis 39:21

• USED FOR CONFINING
  • Persons accused of crimes
    Luke 23:19
  • Persons accused of heresy
    Acts 4:3; 5:18; 8:3
  • Suspected persons
    Genesis 42:19
  • Condemned persons till executed
    Leviticus 24:12; Acts 12:4,5
  • Enemies taken captive
    Judges 16:21; 2 Kings 17:4; Jeremiah 52:11
  • Debtors till they paid
    Matthew 5:26; 18:30
  • Persons under the king's displeasure
    1 Kings 22:27; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Mark 6:17

• Confinement in, often awarded as a punishment
  Ezra 7:26

• Confinement in, considered a severe punishment
  Luke 22:33

• PLACES USED AS
  • Court of the king's house
    Jeremiah 32:2
  • House of the king's scribe
    Jeremiah 37:15
  • House of the captain of the guard
    Genesis 40:3
  • Prisoner's own house, where he was kept bound to a soldier
    Acts 28:16,30; 2 Timothy 1:16-18

• The king had power to commit to
  1 Kings 22:27

• Magistrates had power to commit to
  Matthew 5:25

• PERSONS CONFINED IN
  • Said to be in ward
    Leviticus 24:12
  • Said to be in hold
    Acts 4:3
  • Often placed in dungeons
    Jeremiah 39:6; Acts 16:24
  • Often bound with fetters
    Genesis 42:19; Ezekiel 19:9; Mark 6:17
  • Often chained to two soldiers
    Acts 12:6
  • Often fastened in stocks
    Jeremiah 29:26; Acts 16:24
  • Often kept to hard labour
    Judges 16:21
  • Often subjected to extreme suffering
    Psalm 79:11; 102:20; 105:18
  • Fed on bread and water
    1 Kings 22:27
  • Clothed in prison dress
    2 Kings 25:29
  • Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends
    Matthew 11:2; 25:36; Acts 24:23
  • Might have their condition ameliorated by the king
    Jeremiah 37:20,21
  • Often executed in
    Genesis 40:22; Matthew 14:10

• The king had power to release from
  Genesis 40:21

• Magistrates had power to release from
  Acts 16:35,36

• KEEPERS OF
  • Strictly guarded the doors
    Acts 12:6
  • Responsible for the prisoners
    Acts 16:23,27
  • Put to death if prisoners escaped
    Acts 12:19
  • Often used severity
    Jeremiah 37:16,20; Acts 16:24
  • Sometimes acted kindly
    Genesis 39:21; Acts 16:33,34
  • Sometimes entrusted the care of the prison to Well-conducted prisoners
    Genesis 39:22,23

• ILLUSTRATIVE OF
  • Deep afflictions
    Psalm 142:7
  • Hell
    Revelation 20:7
  • Bondage to sin and Satan
    Isaiah 42:7; 49:9; 61:1