15 occurrences

'Prisoner' in the Bible

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;

Verse ConceptsSighingOppression, God's Attitude ToPrisonersPower Of God, DescribedNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Keep!greatnesspreservation

To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

Verse ConceptsPrisonersNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Freeing Captives

Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.

Verse ConceptsCrowds SeekingOnly One PersonPeople Releasing Others

Now at the feast he used to release unto them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

Verse ConceptsCustomPeople Releasing Others

Now he must needs release unto them at the feast one prisoner.

So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say to thee.

Verse ConceptsChiliarchs

And as they tarried there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the King, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;

For it seemeth to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not withal to signify the charges against him.

Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing People

And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:

Verse ConceptsCustomAncestorsPrisonersPlea Of InnocenceSalvation For Israel

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved and fellow-worker,

Verse ConceptsFellow WorkersTitles And Names Of MinistersChristians Are Called Prisoners Of Christ

yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

Verse ConceptsAgape LoveLove Fellow Christians!Christians Are Called Prisoners Of Christ

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Captive (146 instances)
Inmate (1 instance)
Prisoner (110 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
δέσμιος 
Desmios 
prisoner , be in bonds , in bonds
Usage: 16

δεσμώτης 
Desmotes 
Usage: 2

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