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prisoners

Meaning of “prisoners”

Persons confined, held captive, or deprived of liberty.

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First occurrence: Genesis 39:20

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Genesis 39:20
And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
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1611 witness · Genesis 39:20 · retained source text

And Iosephs master tooke him, and put him into the prison, a place, where y e kings prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

Genesis 39:22
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
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1611 witness · Genesis 39:22 · retained source text

And the keeper of the prison committed to Iosephs hand all the prisoners that were in the prison, and whatsoeuer they did there, he was the doer of it:

Numbers 21:1
AND when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
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1611 witness · Numbers 21:1 · retained source text

¶ And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies, then hee fought against Israel, and tooke some of them prisoners.

1611 marginal noteChap. 33.40.

Job 3:18
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
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1611 witness · Job 3:18 · retained source text

There the prisoners rest together, they heare not the voice of the oppressour.

Psalms 69:33
For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
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1611 witness · Psalms 69:33 · retained source text

For the LORD heareth the poore, and despiseth not his prisoners.

Psalms 146:7
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
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1611 witness · Psalms 146:7 · retained source text

Which executeth iudgement for the oppressed, which giueth food to the hungry: the LORD looseth the prisoners.

Isaiah 10:4
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:4 · retained source text

Without mee they shall bowe downe vnder the prisoners, and they shall fall vnder the slaine: for all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

1611 marginal noteCha.5.25 and 9.12.

Isaiah 14:17
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
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1611 witness · Isaiah 14:17 · retained source text

That made the world as a wildernesse, and destroyed the cities thereof that opened not the house of his prisoners?

1611 marginal noteOr, Did not let his prisoners loose homeward.

Isaiah 20:4
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 20:4 · retained source text

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captiues, yong and old, naked and bare foote, euen with their buttocks vncouered, to the shame of Egypt.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the captiuitie of Egypt.

1611 marginal noteHeb. nakednesse.

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.
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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.

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