Lexical Summary desmophylax: a prison keeper Original Word: δεσμοφύλαξTransliteration: desmophylax Phonetic Spelling: (des-mof-oo'-lax) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a prison keeper Meaning: a prison keeper Strong's Concordance jailor, keeper of the prison. From desmon and phulax; a jailer (as guarding the prisoners) -- jailor, keeper of the prison. see GREEK desmon see GREEK phulax Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1200: δεσμοφύλαξδεσμοφύλαξ, δεσμοφυλακος, ὁ (δεσμός and φύλαξ, like θησαυροφύλαξ (cf. with 100 (95))), a keeper of a prison, a jailer: Acts 16:23, 27, 36. (Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 1; Lucian, Tox. 30; (Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 3, 60; others); ἀρχιδεσμοφύλαξ, Genesis 39:21-23.) |