21 occurrences

'Imprisonment' in the Bible

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." '"

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRevenge, Examples OfWaters Of AfflictionRepulsive Food

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.

Verse ConceptsArrestingMessengers Sent OutenvoyConspiraciesImprisonmentsPrisonersTaxationPrisons

It happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month on the twenty-seventh of the month, lifted Evil-Merodach king of Babylon in the year that he became king, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah from the house of imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsMonth 12Lifting HeadsPeople Set Free By PeopleKings of judah

So he changed the clothes of his imprisonment, and he ate food continually in his presence all the days of his life.

Verse ConceptsDistinctive Clothing

All who do not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with diligence, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of goods and for imprisonment."

Verse ConceptsCriminalsCivil authoritiesBanishmentGovernmentCivic DutiesImprisonmentsLoyaltyPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMagistratesCitizenshipConfiscationAnarchyJudicial PunishmentBreaking God's Law

to open [the] blind eyes, to bring [the] prisoner out from [the] dungeon, those who sit [in] darkness from [the] house of imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsClarityOvertaken By DarknessHealing Of The BlindGod Freeing CaptivesBlindnessRecoveryBreaking Chainsfreejail

But this [is] a people plundered and looted; all of them are trapped in holes, and they are kept hidden in houses of imprisonment. They have become like plunder, and there is no one who saves; [like] booty, and there is no one who says, "Restore!"

Verse ConceptsPlunderingRescueTrapPrisonscredibilityjail

Now Jeremiah [was] coming and going out in the midst of the people and they had not put him [in] the house of imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsGoing Out And Coming In

So he changed the garments of his imprisonment and he ate food {before him} continually all the days of his life.

Verse ConceptsLifelongDistinctive Clothing

I found {he} was accused concerning controversial questions of their law, but having no charge deserving death or imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersAccusations, Against Early ChristiansPeople Accusing PeopleTaking The Law To Heart

And [as they] were going out, they were talking to one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment."

so that my imprisonment in Christ has become known in the whole praetorium and to all the rest,

Verse ConceptsGuards

and most of the brothers, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, dare [even] more to speak the word without fear.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofBoldness, Comes FromThose Not FearingPeople Encouraging OthersEncouraging OthersBoldnessfearlessencouraging

The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction in my imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsAmbition, negative aspects ofSelf IndulgenceSelfishnessPreaching ChristTroubling IndividualsCompetitionmotives

The greeting [is] by my hand, Paul's. Remember my {imprisonment}. Grace [be] with you.

Verse ConceptsThe AccursedWritingSalutationsWriting The New Testament

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he refreshed me many times, and was not ashamed of my imprisonment,

Verse ConceptsChainsIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfIron ChainsBe Merciful!People Refreshedempathy

in connection with which I suffer misfortune to the point of {imprisonment} as a criminal, but the word of God is not bound.

Verse ConceptsChainsPersecution Of The Apostle PaulSufferingThe Word Of GodHardshipjail

I am appealing to you concerning my child whom I became the father of during my imprisonment, Onesimus.

Verse ConceptsChildren In The FaithUseful People

whom I wanted to keep with me, in order that he might serve me on behalf of you during my imprisonment for the gospel.

Verse ConceptsSuffering For The GospelServing Individuals

Bible Theasaurus

Captivity (174 instances)
Confinement (8 instances)
Imprisonment (30 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἤμην 
Emen 
was , I imprisoned 9 , I was , should be
Usage: 9

φυλακή 
Phulake 
Usage: 35

φυλακίζω 
Phulakizo 
Usage: 1