Fellow prisoner
συναιχμάλωτοςStrong’s G4869sunaichmalōtos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sunaichmalōtos is the Greek word usually translated “fellow prisoner” and “fellow prisoners”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;”
Meaning
Usually translated “fellow prisoner” and “fellow prisoners”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- fellow prisoner 2
- fellow prisoners 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- Colossians 1
- Philemon 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 16:7Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
- Colossians 4:10Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
Greek dictionary
συναιχμάλωτος sunaichmalōtos · fellow prisoner
συν-αιχμάλωτος, -ου, ὁ a fellow prisoner (prop., of a captive in war, see Lft., Col., 234): Rom.16:7, Col.4:10, Phm 23.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fellowprisoner” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FELLOW-PRIS'ONER, noun
One imprisoned in the same place.
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.