Thematic Bible: Used for confining
Thematic Bible
Prisons » Used for confining » Persons under the king's displeasure
Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in {the prison}, for he was enraged with him concerning this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.
and say, 'Thus says the king: "Put this [fellow in] the house of imprisonment and feed him reduced rations of food and water until I come in peace." '"
For Herod himself had sent [and] arrested John and bound him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.
Prisons » Used for confining » Enemies taken captive
But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and he did not offer tribute to the king of Assyria as [he had] year after year; so the king of Assyria arrested him, and confined him [in] a house of imprisonment.
And [the] Philistines seized him, gouged his eyes, and brought him to Gaza. They tied him up with bronze shackles, and he became a grinder {in the prison}.
Then he made blind the eyes of Zedekiah, and they tied him up with bronze fetters, and the king of Babylon brought him [to] Babylon. And he put him in {prison} until the day of his death.
Prisons » Used for confining » Persons accused of heresy
But Saul was attempting to destroy the church. Entering {house after house}, he dragged off both men and women [and] delivered [them] to prison.
And they laid hands on them and put [them] in custody until the next day, because it was already evening.
And they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.
Prisons » Used for confining » Condemned criminals till executed
[After he] had arrested {him}, he also put [him] in prison, handing [him] over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him {out for public trial} after the Passover. Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.
Then they put him in custody {so that} [the matter] might be made clear to them in accordance with the mouth of Yahweh.
Prisons » Used for confining » Debtors till they paid
Truly I say to you, you will never come out of there until you have paid back the last penny!
But he did not want to, but rather he went [and] threw him into prison until he would repay what was owed.
Prisons » Used for confining » Suspected persons
If you [are] honest, let one of your brothers be kept in prison {where you are now being kept}, but [the rest of] you go, carry grain for the famine for your households.
Prisons » Used for confining » Persons accused of crimes
(who had been thrown in prison because of a certain insurrection that had taken place in the city, and [for] murder)