What does δεσμωτήριον (desmōtḗrion) mean in the Bible?
δεσμωτήριον (desmōtḗrion): A place of confinement for prisoners, emphasizing the building or institution itself rather than the condition of bondage.
Greek · G1201
δεσμωτήριον
Prison
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δεσμωτήριονG1201
Pronunciationdesmōtḗrion
What does δεσμωτήριον (desmōtḗrion) mean in the Bible?
δεσμωτήριον (desmōtḗrion): A place of confinement for prisoners, emphasizing the building or institution itself rather than the condition of bondage.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1201?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include jail (2), prison (2).
Where does δεσμωτήριον (desmōtḗrion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itjail2×Acts 5:21, Acts 5:23
prison2×Matthew 11:2, Acts 16:26
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 11:2
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Matthew1Acts3
Source forms
δεσμωτήριον2xdesmōtērionActs 5:21, Acts 5:23
δεσμωτηρίου1xdesmōtēriouActs 16:26
δεσμωτηρίῳ1xdesmōtēriōMatthew 11:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular2xActs 5:21, Acts 5:23
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular1xMatthew 11:2
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular1xActs 16:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A place of confinement for prisoners, emphasizing the building or institution itself rather than the condition of bondage.
Strong'sG1201
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
prison
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:2Noun Dative Singular Neuter
δεσμωτηρίῳdesmwthriw
a prison
Read verseActs 5:21Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δεσμωτήριον,desmwthrion
a prison
Read verseActs 5:23Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
δεσμωτήριονdesmwthrion
a prison
Read verseActs 16:26Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
δεσμωτηρίου·desmwthriou
a prison
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · NeuterActs 16:261×
Dative · Singular · NeuterMatt 11:21×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterActs 5:21 · Acts 5:232×
Word Origins
δεσμωτήριον is built from these roots: