Read the Bible

KJV dictionary & concordance

prisons

Meaning of “prisons”

Places of confinement.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-references
3 occurrences3 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Luke 21:12

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “prisons”

KJV PCE
Luke 21:12
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 21:12 · retained source text

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, deliuering you vp to the Synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before Kings and rulers for my Names sake.

Acts 22:4
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 22:4 · retained source text

And I persecuted this way vnto the death, binding and deliuering into prisons both men and women,

1611 marginal noteChap. 8.3.

2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 11:23 · retained source text

Are they ministers of Christ? I speake as a foole, I am more: in labors more abundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prisons more frequent: in deaths oft.

Source order

Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Luke 21:12; Acts 22:4; 2 Corinthians 11:23

Luke and Acts directly join prisons with persecution, laying hands, and binding men and women; 2 Corinthians supplies repeated confinement. Places of confinement is intrinsic.