Meaning
"a place of bonds" (from desmos, "a bond," deo, "to bind"), "a prison," occurs in Mat 11:2; in Act 5:21, Act 5:23, Act 16:26, RV, "prison house" (AV, "prison").
<2,,5438, phulake>
for the various meanings of which see CAGE, denotes a "prison," e.g., Mat 14:10, Mar 6:17, Act 5:19, 2Co 11:23; in 2Co 6:5, Heb 11:36 it stands for the condition of imprisonment; in Rev 2:10, Rev 18:2, "hold" (twice, RV, marg., "prison;" in the 2nd case, AV, "cage"); Rev 20:7.
<3,,5084, teresis>
"a watching, keeping," then "a place of keeping" is translated "prison" in Act 5:18 AV (RV "ward"). See KEEPING, B.
Notes: (1) For oikema in Act 12:7, AV, "prison," see CELL. (2) In Mat 4:12, AV, paradidomi, "to betray, deliver up," is translated "was cast into prison" (RV, "was delivered up"); see BETRAY. In Mar 1:14, AV, "was put in prison," RV, as in Mat 4:12; see PUT, No. 12.
