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δεσμοφύλαξ
desmophýlax

a jailer (as guarding the prisoners)

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Definition

From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Strong’s Definition

a jailer (as guarding the prisoners)

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

a keeper of a prison, jailer, Acts 16:23, 27, 36*

Source: Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Translated in KJV as

jailorkeeper of the prison

Etymology

from G1199 (δεσμόν) and G5441 (φύλαξ);

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