Strong’s G1202 · Greek
δεσμώτης
desmṓtēs · des-mo'-tace
Origin from the same as δεσμωτήριον (G1201);
Meaning (passively) a captive
In the King James Version prisoner.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 27:1And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.
- Acts 27:42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
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.