Custody
King James Dictionary [1]
Custody n. L., a watchman, a keeper. See Chaste.
1. A keeping a guarding care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation or security.
Under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle. Numbers 3 .
The prisoner was committed to the custody of the sheriff.
2. Imprisonment confinement restraint of liberty. 3. Defense from a foe preservation security.
There was prepared a fleet of thirty ships fro the custody of the narrow seas.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
(2): (n.) Judicial or penal safe-keeping.
(3): (n.) A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
kus´tō̇ di יד yādh פקדּה peḳuddāh Esther 2:3 Esther 2:8 bis yādh peḳuddāh Numbers 3:36
