Strong’s G1200 · Greek
δεσμοφύλαξ
desmophýlax · des-mof-oo'-lax
Origin from δεσμόν (G1199) and φύλαξ (G5441);
Meaning a jailer (as guarding the prisoners)
In the King James Version jailor, keeper of the prison.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 16:23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
- Acts 16:27And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
- Acts 16:36And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.