ΔΕΣΜΟΤΗΡΙΟΝ, δεσμοτηριον
DESMOTĒRION, desmotērion
Sounds Like: des-moh-TEE-ree-on
Translations: prison, a prison, dungeon, a dungeon, jail, a jail
From the root: ΔΕΣΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a place of confinement or imprisonment, such as a prison or a dungeon. It is derived from the word for 'bond' or 'chain', indicating a place where people are held in bonds or captivity. It is used to describe a facility where individuals are held against their will, often for legal or punitive reasons.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative
Strong’s number: G1201 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΣΜΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΕΣΕΙ — bond, chain, fetter, prison, imprisonment, of a bond, of a chain
- ΔΕΣΙ — bonds, chains, imprisonment, of bonds, to bonds
- ΔΕΣΜΙΟΝ — prisoner, a prisoner, captive, a captive
- ΔΕΣΜΟ — bond, a bond, chain, a chain, prison, a prison, imprisonment, a band, fetter, a fetter
- ΔΕΣΜΟΙ — chains, bonds, fetters, imprisonment
- ΔΕΣΜΟΙΣ — bonds, chains, fetters, imprisonment, (in) bonds, (in) chains
- ΔΕΣΜΟΝ — bond, chain, fetter, prison, a bond, a chain, a fetter, a prison
- ΔΕΣΜΟΣ — bond, a bond, chain, a chain, imprisonment, a prison
- ΔΕΣΜΟΥ — of a bond, of a chain, of a prison, of imprisonment
- ΔΕΣΜΟΥΣ — bonds, chains, fetters, imprisonment
- ΔΕΣΜΩ — (with) a bond, (with) a chain, (with) a fetter, (with) a prison
- ΔΕΣΜΩΝ — (of) chains, (of) bonds, (of) imprisonment, (of) prison
- ΔΕΣΜΩΝΤΟΝ — of bonds, of chains, of prisons, of imprisonment
- ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΡΙΟΝ — prison, a prison, jail, a jail, dungeon, a dungeon
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