Jailer
δεσμοφύλαξStrong’s G1200desmophulax
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Desmophulax is the Greek word usually translated “jailer”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:”
Meaning
Usually translated “jailer”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- jailer 2
- to jailer 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 16:27And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
- Acts 16:36And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
Greek dictionary
δεσμοφύλαξ desmophulax · jailer
δεσμο-φύλαξ, -κος, ὁ (δεσμός, φύλαξ), a prison-keeper, gaoler: Act.16:23, 27, 36 (cf. ἀρχιδ-, Gen.39:21).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “jailer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JA'ILER, noun
The keeper of a prison.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.