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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Prisoners
• Prison
Thompson Chain Reference
• Prisons
• Keepers of Prisons
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Prisoner
• Prison
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Prisons
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Visitation of Prisoners
• Prisoners
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Prison
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Spirits in Prison
• Prison, Spirits in
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Prison
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Spirits in Prison
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Spirits in Prison
• Prison, Prisoners
• Prison Gate
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Spirits in Prison
• Prison
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Spirits in Prison
• Prisoner
• Prison (2)
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King James Dictionary
• Prisoner
• Prison
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Prison
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Society, Catholic Prisoners' Aid
• Prisons
• Prison, Mamertine
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Prison
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Prison
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Prisoner
• Prison, Prison-House
• Prison Keeper
Wilson's Bible Types
• Prisoners
• Prison
Webster Dictionary
• Prisonment
• Prisoning
• Prisoner
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Fleet Prison
• Prison
• Prisoners of War
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Prison Garments
• Prison, Spirits in
• Prison; Prisoner
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Prison
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Prison
• Prison Reform
• Prison, Ecclesiastical.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Fleet Prison
• Millbank Prison
• Prisoner of Chillon
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Ecclesiastical Prisons
• Mamertine Prison
• Prisons
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Prison
Lexicons
• ܐܰܣܺܝܪܳܐ
• ܒ݁ܶܝܬ݂‌ܐܰܣܺܝܪܶܐ
• αἰχμαλωτίζω
• δέσμιος
• δεσμοφύλαξ
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• אֵסורּ
• אָסִיר
• אַסִּיר
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(1):

(n.) A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody.

(2):

(n.) Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority.

(3):

(v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty.

(4):

(v. t.) To bind (together); to enchain.