ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΡΙΟΙΣ, δεσμωτηριοις
DESMŌTĒRIOIS, desmōtēriois
Sounds Like: des-moh-TEE-ree-oys
Translations: prisons, jails, dungeons
From the root: ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΡΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a place of imprisonment, such as a prison, jail, or dungeon. It is a compound word derived from 'δεσμός' (desmos), meaning 'bond' or 'fetter', and '-τήριον' (-tērion), a suffix indicating a place. It is used to describe the physical location where people are held captive or incarcerated.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1201 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΡΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΡΙΑ — prisons, a prison, jails, a jail
- ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΡΙΟΥ — of a prison, of a jail, of a dungeon
- ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΡΙΩ — prison, a prison, dungeon, a dungeon
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