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Jailer

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: δεσμοφύλαξ

(Strong's #1200 — Noun Masculine — desmophulax — des-mof-oo'-lax )

"a prison keeper, jailer" (desmos, "a band," phulax, "a guard, keeper"), occurs in Acts 16:23,27,36 .

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