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G1200 · δεσμοφύλαξ

desmophýlax

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

a jailer (as guarding the prisoners)

KJV gloss list in the source

jailor, keeper of the prison

Derivation recorded by Strong

from G1199 (δεσμόν) and G5441 (φύλαξ);

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