Jailer
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Jailer (8 Occurrences)

Acts 16:23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, (WEB WEY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 16:27 The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 16:33 He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household. (See NIV)

Acts 16:35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go." (See NIV)

Acts 16:36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace." (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 39:21 But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. (See NAS)

Genesis 39:22 The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it. (See NAS)

Genesis 39:23 The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper. (See NAS)

Thesaurus
Jailer (8 Occurrences)
... The conversion of the Roman jailer, a man belonging to a class "insensible as a
rule and hardened by habit, and also disposed to despise the Jews, who were the ...
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Jail (15 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison,
charging the jailer to keep them safely, (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT ...
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Stephanas (3 Occurrences)
... He has been supposed by some to have been the "jailer of Philippi" (Comp.
Acts 16:33). The First Epistle to the Corinthians was ...
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Philippi (8 Occurrences)
... The jailer, who was on the point of taking his own life, reassured by Paul regarding
the safety of the prisoners, brought Paul and Silas into his house where ...
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Nonimmersionist
... Palestinian houses and of oriental jails are taken into account, it is difficult
to conceive that at the baptisms of Cornelius and of the jailer, the ceremony ...
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Non-immersionist
... Palestinian houses and of oriental jails are taken into account, it is difficult
to conceive that at the baptisms of Cornelius and of the jailer, the ceremony ...
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View (86 Occurrences)
... Palestinian houses and of oriental jails are taken into account, it is difficult
to conceive that at the baptisms of Cornelius and of the jailer, the ceremony ...
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Killing (41 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:27 Starting up from sleep and seeing the doors of the jail wide open, the
jailer drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing that ...
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Jailers (1 Occurrence)

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Wide (206 Occurrences)
... Acts 16:27 Starting up from sleep and seeing the doors of the jail wide open, the
jailer drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing that ...
/w/wide.htm - 37k

Greek
1200. desmophulax -- a prison keeper
... of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: desmophulax Phonetic Spelling:
(des-mof-oo'-lax) Short Definition: a keeper of a prison, a jailer Definition: a ...
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
(of Philippi), Acts 16:23. The conversion of the Roman jailer, a man belonging to a class "insensible as a rule and hardened by habit, and also disposed to despise the Jews, who were the bearers of the message of the gospel," is one of those cases which illustrate its universality and power.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) The keeper of a jail or prison.
Strong's Hebrew
5470. sohar -- perhaps roundness
... Definition: jail. Word Origin from the same as sahar Definition perhaps roundness
NASB Word Usage jail* (5), jailer* (3). prison. From ...
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1004. bayith -- a house
... was inside (1), households (73), houses (101), houses while house (1), inner (2),
inside* (13), inward (5), inward* (1), jail* (6), jailer* (3), large enough ...
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Subtopics

Jailer

Jailer (Jailor) of Philippi, Converted

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