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prison

Meaning of “prison”

Sense 1: A place of confinement. Sense 2: As a verb, to confine.

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90 occurrences84 verses17 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 39:20

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Isaiah 24:22
And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 24:22 · retained source text

And they shalbe gathered together as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut vp in the prison, and after many dayes shall they bee visited.

1611 marginal noteHeb. with the gathering of prisoners.

1611 marginal noteOr, dungeon.

1611 marginal noteOr, found wanting.

Isaiah 42:7
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 42:7 · retained source text

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkenesse out of the prison house.

1611 marginal noteChap.61.1.

1611 marginal noteLuk.4.18 heb.2.14,15 cha.9.2.

Isaiah 42:22
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 42:22 · retained source text

But this is a people robbed and spoiled, they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a praye, & none deliuereth; for a spoile, and none saith, Restore.

1611 marginal noteOr, in snaring all the yong men of them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a treading.

Isaiah 53:8
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 53:8 · retained source text

He was taken from prison, and from iudgement: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the liuing, for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

1611 marginal noteOr, he was taken away by distresse and iudgement: but &c.

1611 marginal noteHeb. was the stroke vpon him.

Isaiah 61:1
THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 61:1 · retained source text

¶ The Spirit of the LORD God is vpon me, because the LORD hath anointed me, to preach good tidings vnto the meeke, hee hath sent me to binde vp the broken hearted, to proclaime libertie to the captiues, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound:

1611 marginal noteLuk.4.18

Jeremiah 29:26
The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 29:26 · retained source text

The LORD hath made thee Priest in the stead of Iehoiada the Priest, that ye should be Officers in the house of the LORD, for euery man that is madde, and maketh himselfe a Prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stockes:

1611 marginal note2.King.9.11. acts.26.24.

Jeremiah 32:2
For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:2 · retained source text

For then the king of Babylons armie besieged Ierusalem: and Ieremiah the prophet was shut vp in the court of the prison which was in the king of Iudahs house.

Jeremiah 32:8
So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:8 · retained source text

So Hanameel mine vncles sonne came to me in the court of the prison, according to the word of the LORD, and said vnto me; Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the countrey of Beniamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine, buy it for thy selfe. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

Jeremiah 32:12
And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:12 · retained source text

And I gaue the euidence of the purchase vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, the sonne of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine vncles sonne, and in the presence of the witnesses, that subscribed the booke of the purchase, before all the Iewes that sate in the court of the prison.

Jeremiah 33:1
MOREOVER the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 33:1 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer, the word of the LORD came vnto Ieremiah the second time (while hee was yet shut vp in the court of the prison) saying;

1611 marginal noteChap.32.23.

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