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# prison
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## Related Ideas:
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custody, dungeon, imprison, imprisonment, prisoner
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## Definition:
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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.
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* The term "prisoners" can also refer in general to people who have been captured by an enemy and kept somewhere against their will.
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* The term "imprisoned" means "kept in a prison" or "kept in captivity."
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* Many prophets and other servants of God were put in prison even though they had not done anything wrong.
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* 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.
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* A "dungeon" is an underground prison that is dark and damp.
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## Picture of a Prisoner:
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<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>
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## Translation Suggestions:
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* Another word for "prison" is "jail."
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* 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.
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* The term "prisoners" can also be translated as "captives."
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Other ways to translate "imprisoned" could be "kept as a prisoner" or "kept in captivity" or "held captive" or "shut up."
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(See also: [captive](../other/captive.md))
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## Bible References:
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* [Acts 25:04](rc://en/tn/help/act/25/04)
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* [Ephesians 04:01](rc://en/tn/help/eph/04/01)
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* [Luke 12:58](rc://en/tn/help/luk/12/58)
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* [Luke 22:33-34](rc://en/tn/help/luk/22/33)
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* [Mark 06:17](rc://en/tn/help/mrk/06/17)
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* [Matthew 05:26](rc://en/tn/help/mat/05/26)
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* [Matthew 14:03](rc://en/tn/help/mat/14/03)
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* [Matthew 25:34-36](rc://en/tn/help/mat/25/34)
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## Word Data:
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* 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
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## Forms Found in the English ULB:
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custody, dungeon, held ... in custody, hold ... in custody, holding ... in custody, imprison, imprisoned, imprisonment, imprisonments, imprisons, prison, prisoner, prisoners, prisons
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