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Dungeon

Different from the ordinary prison in being more severe as a place of punishment. Like the Roman inner prison (Acts 16:24), it consisted of a deep cell or cistern (Jer. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H0953, H4525
Hebrew
בּוֹר · bôwr

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בּוֹר

H0953
Transliteration
bôwr
Pronunciation
bore
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
70

Glosses

cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.

Lexicon definition

a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Dungeon

Different from the ordinary prison in being more severe as a place of punishment. Like the Roman inner prison (Acts 16:24), it consisted of a deep cell or cistern (Jer. 38:6). To be shut up in, a punishment common in Egypt (Gen. 39:20; 40:3; 41:10; 42:19). It is not mentioned, however, in the law of Moses as a mode of punishment. Under the later kings imprisonment was frequently used as a punishment (2 Chron. 16:10; Jer. 20:2; 32:2; 33:1; 37:15), and it was customary after the Exile (Matt. 11:2; Luke 3:20; Acts 5:18, 21; Matt. 18:30).

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Dungeon

Indexed occurrences: 7

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Strong's Concordance

Dungeons

Indexed occurrences: 1

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All Scripture references12 references

Genesis 2

Genesis 40:15Genesis 41:14

Exodus 1

Exodus 12:29

Psalms 1

Psalms 142:8

Isaiah 4

Isaiah 24:22Isaiah 42:7Isaiah 42:22Isaiah 51:14

Jeremiah 1

Jeremiah 37:16

Luke 1

Luke 3:20

Acts 2

Acts 5:18Acts 16:24

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

DUNGEON

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Dictionary

Dungeon

Different from the ordinary prison in being more severe as a place of punishment. Like the Roman inner prison (Acts 16:24), it consisted of a deep cell or cistern (Jer. 38:6). To be shut up in, a punishment common in Egypt (Gen. 39:20; 40:3; 41:10; 42:19). It is not mentioned, however, in the law of Moses as a mode of punishment. Under the later kings imprisonment was frequently used as a punishment (2 Chron. 16:10; Jer. 20:2; 32:2; 33:1; 37:15), and it was customary after the Exile (Matt. 11:2; Luke 3:20; Acts 5:18, 21; Matt. 18:30).

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