# prison

## Related Ideas:

custody, dungeon, imprison, imprisonment, prisoner

## Definition:

The term "prison" refers to a place where criminals are kept as a punishment for their crimes. A "prisoner" is someone who has been put in the prison.

* The term "prisoners" can also refer in general to people who have been captured by an enemy and kept somewhere against their will. 
* The term "imprisoned" means "kept in a prison" or "kept in captivity."
* Many prophets and other servants of God were put in prison even though they had not done anything wrong.
* To "hold someone in custody" is to put him in a prison or other place from which he cannot escape. Sometimes people were held in custody while they waited to be judged in a trial.
* A "dungeon" is an underground prison that is dark and damp.

## Picture of a Prisoner:

<a href="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/p/Prisoner.png"><img src="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/p/Prisoner.png" ></a>

## Translation Suggestions:

* Another word for "prison" is "jail."
* The term "prison"  could also be translated as "dungeon" in contexts where the prison is probably underground or beneath the main part of a palace or other building.
* The term "prisoners" can also be translated as "captives."
 Other ways to translate "imprisoned" could be "kept as a prisoner" or "kept in captivity" or "held captive" or "shut up."

(See also: [captive](../other/captive.md))

## Bible References:

* [Acts 25:04](rc://en/tn/help/act/25/04)
* [Ephesians 04:01](rc://en/tn/help/eph/04/01)
* [Luke 12:58](rc://en/tn/help/luk/12/58)
* [Luke 22:33-34](rc://en/tn/help/luk/22/33)
* [Mark 06:17](rc://en/tn/help/mrk/06/17)
* [Matthew 05:26](rc://en/tn/help/mat/05/26)
* [Matthew 14:03](rc://en/tn/help/mat/14/03)
* [Matthew 25:34-36](rc://en/tn/help/mat/25/34)

## Word Data:

* Strong's: H612, H613, H615, H616, H631, H953, H1004, H1540, H3608, H3628, H3947, H4115, H4307, H4455, H4525, H5470, H6495, H7617, H7622, H7628, G1198, G1199, G1200, G1201, G1202, G1210, G2252, G3612, G4788, G4869, G5084, G5438, G5439

## Forms Found in the English ULB:

custody, dungeon, held ... in custody, hold ... in custody, holding ... in custody, imprison, imprisoned, imprisonment, imprisonments, imprisons, prison, prisoner, prisoners, prisons