Topic
Dungeon
17 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- Jeremiah 38:6Easton · Nave In prisons
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
- Genesis 39:20Easton
And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
- Genesis 40:3Easton
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
- Genesis 41:10Easton
Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
- Genesis 42:19Easton
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
- 2 Chronicles 16:10Easton
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
- Jeremiah 20:2Easton
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 32:2Easton
For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
- Jeremiah 33:1Easton
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
- Jeremiah 37:15Easton
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
- Lamentations 3:53Nave In prisons
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
- Matthew 11:2Easton
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
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- Matthew 18:30 Easton
- Luke 3:20 Easton
- Acts 5:18 Easton
- Acts 5:21 Easton
- Acts 16:24 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 16 references
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).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
dun'-jun. See PRISON.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.