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1: οἴκημα

(Strong's #3612 — Noun Neuter — oikema — oy'-kay-mah )

lit., "a habitation" (akin to oikeo, "to dwell"), is euphemistically put for "a prison," in Acts 12:7 , RV, "cell." See prison">PRISON.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Cell'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/cell.html. 1940.
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