Words the Bible translates as prisoner
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- desmiosδέσμιοςprisoner: a person held in custody, bound or under guard.
- asirאָסִירa prisoner: someone held in confinement, whether locked in a jail or a pit or carried off and kept by a conquering power
- desmōtēsδεσμώτηςprisonernot studied yet
- assirאַסִּירprisonernot studied yet
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