Definition

a place of bondage, i.e. a dungeon

Etymology

from a derivative of G1199 (δεσμόν) (equivalent to G1196 (δεσμέω));

Where the KJV renders it

• prison

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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