King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1200
Transliteration: desmophylax
Phonetic Spelling: (des-mof-oo'-lax)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a prison keeper
Meaning: a prison keeper
δεσμοφύλαξ, δεσμοφυλακος, ὁ (δεσμός and φύλαξ, like θησαυροφύλαξ (cf. with 100 (95))), a keeper of a prison, a jailer: Acts 16:23, 27, 36. (Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 1; Lucian, Tox. 30; (Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 3, 60; others); ἀρχιδεσμοφύλαξ, Genesis 39:21-23.)
Word Summary
desmophylax: a prison keeper
Original Word: δεσμοφύλαξTransliteration: desmophylax
Phonetic Spelling: (des-mof-oo'-lax)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a prison keeper
Meaning: a prison keeper
Strong's Concordance
jailor, keeper of the prison. From desmon and phulax; a jailer (as guarding the prisoners) -- jailor, keeper of the prison.
see GREEK desmon
see GREEK phulax
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1200: δεσμοφύλαξδεσμοφύλαξ, δεσμοφυλακος, ὁ (δεσμός and φύλαξ, like θησαυροφύλαξ (cf. with 100 (95))), a keeper of a prison, a jailer: Acts 16:23, 27, 36. (Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 1; Lucian, Tox. 30; (Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 3, 60; others); ἀρχιδεσμοφύλαξ, Genesis 39:21-23.)