14 occurrences in 13 translations

'Prisoners' in the Bible

"The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by.

Verse ConceptsImperfection, Influence OfSelf Righteousness, And The GospelSin, Universality OfWeights And Measures, Distances

And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, turning again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I have made for your name:

The army of Judah captured another 10,000 prisoners and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down from there where they all were dashed to pieces.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfHorrors Of WarTens Of ThousandsTwelve Beings

So the Lord his God gave him up into the hands of the king of Aram; and they overcame him, and took away a great number of his people as prisoners to Damascus. Then he was given into the hands of the king of Israel, who sent great destruction on him.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingPrisoners

And the children of Israel took away as prisoners from their brothers, two hundred thousand, women and sons and daughters, and a great store of their goods, and took them to Samaria.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtTwo Hundred Thousand And More

Now therefore, hear me and return the captives whom you have captured from your brothers (fellow descendants of Israel, i.e. Jacob), for the burning anger of the Lord is against you.”

And said to them, You are not to let these prisoners come here; for what you are designing to do will be a cause of sin against the Lord to us, making even greater our sin and our wrongdoing, which now are great enough, and his wrath is burning against Israel.

So the armed men gave up the prisoners and the goods they had taken to the heads and the meeting of the people.

Men were assigned to take the prisoners and find clothes among the plunder for those who were naked. So they clothed them, supplied them with sandals, gave them food and drink, and provided them with oil to rub on their skin. They put the ones who couldn't walk on donkeys. They brought them back to their brothers at Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, and then returned to Samaria.

Verse ConceptsBarefeetGiving, Of PossessionsGenerosity, HumanBalmsHelpfulnessNakednessOintmentGold Items For The Tabernacl

For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.

Verse ConceptsGold Items For The Tabernacl

For see, our fathers have been put to death with the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives have been taken away prisoners because of this.

And they came to Hilkiah, the chief priest, and gave him all the money which had been taken into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the door, had got from Manasseh and Ephraim and those of Israel who had not been taken away as prisoners, and from all Judah and Benjamin and the people of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsRemnantSamaritans

And all who had not come to death by the sword he took away prisoners to Babylon; and they became servants to him and to his sons till the kingdom of Persia came to power:

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToBabylonRemnantTravelExile Of Judah To Babylon

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

δεσμοφύλαξ 
Desmophulax 
keeper of the prison , jailor
Usage: 3

δεσμωτήριον 
Desmoterion 
Usage: 4

δεσμώτης 
Desmotes 
Usage: 2

οἴκημα 
Oikema 
Usage: 1

τήρησις 
Teresis 
Usage: 3

φυλακή 
Phulake 
Usage: 35

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