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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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Jeremiah 37:4
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 37:4 · retained source text

Nowe Ieremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

Jeremiah 37:15
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 37:15 · retained source text

Wherfore the princes were wroth with Ieremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison, in the house of Ionathan the scribe, for they had made that the prison.

Jeremiah 37:18
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 37:18 · retained source text

Moreouer Ieremiah sayd vnto king Zedekiah, What haue I offended against thee, or against thy seruants, or against this people, that yee haue put me in prison?

Jeremiah 37:21
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 37:21 · retained source text

Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Ieremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should giue him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers streete, vntill all the bread in the citie were spent. Thus Ieremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 38:6 · retained source text

Then tooke they Ieremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the sonne of Hammelech that was in the court of the prison: and they let downe Ieremiah with cords: and in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Ieremiah sunke in the mire.

1611 marginal noteOr, of the king.

Jeremiah 38:13
So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 38:13 · retained source text

So they drew vp Ieremiah with cordes, and tooke him vp out of the dungeon, and Ieremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Jeremiah 38:28
So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 38:28 · retained source text

So Ieremiah abode in the court of the prison, vntill the day that Ierusalem was taken, and hee was there when Ierusalem was taken.

Jeremiah 39:14
Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 39:14 · retained source text

Euen they sent, and tooke Ieremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him vnto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the sonne of Shaphan, that hee should carie him home: so hee dwelt among the people.

Jeremiah 39:15
¶ Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 39:15 · retained source text

¶ Now the word of the LORD came vnto Ieremiah, while hee was shut vp in the court of the prison, saying;

Jeremiah 52:11
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 52:11 · retained source text

Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and the king of Babylon bound him in chaines, and caried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

1611 marginal noteHeb. blinded.

1611 marginal noteOr, fetters.

1611 marginal noteHeb. house of the wards.

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