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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - δεσμοφύλαξ
δεσμοφύλαξ
G1200
Transliteration: desmophýlax
Pronunciation: des-mof-oo'-lax
Definition: jailor
- Original: δεσμοφύλαξ - Transliteration: Desmophulax - Phonetic: des-mof-oo'-lax
- Definition:
1. a keeper of a prison, a jailor
- Origin: from G1199" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1199 and G5441" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5441 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G1199" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1199 and G5441" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5441; a jailer (as guarding the prisoners): - jailer keeper of the prison.