Prison-House Prison

Prison-House Prison

1: δεσμωτήριον (Strong'S #1201 — Noun Neuter — desmoterion — des-mo-tay'-ree-on )

"a place of bonds" (from desmos, "a bond," deo, "to bind"), "a prison," occurs in  Matthew 11:2; in  Acts 5:21,23;  16:26 , Rv, "prison house" (Av, "prison").

2: φυλακή (Strong'S #5438 — Noun Feminine — phulake — foo-lak-ay' )

for the various meanings of which see Cage , denotes a "prison," e.g.,  Matthew 14:10;  Mark 6:17;  Acts 5:19;  2 Corinthians 11:23; in  2 Corinthians 6:5;  Hebrews 11:36 it stands for the condition of imprisonment; in   Revelation 2:10;  18:2 , "hold" (twice, Rv, marg., "prison;" in the 2nd case, Av, "cage");  Revelation 20:7 .

3: τήρησις (Strong'S #5084 — Noun Feminine — teresis — tay'-ray-sis )

"a watching, keeping," then "a place of keeping" is translated "prison" in  Acts 5:18 Av (Rv "ward"). See Keeping , B.

 Acts 12:7Cell.  Matthew 4:12Betray.  Mark 1:14 Matthew 4:12Put