4 occurrences in 6 translations

'Jail' in the Bible

So Joseph’s master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsEmployers, Bad ExamplesPrisonsjail

The chief jailer committed to Joseph’s charge all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was responsible for it.

Verse ConceptsResponsibility, Examples OfPrison KeepersEntrustingDoing One's Workjail

So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPrisons

Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in jail, both had a dream the same night, each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation.

Verse ConceptsVisions At Night

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δεσμοφύλαξ 
Desmophulax 
keeper of the prison , jailor
Usage: 3

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