# G1202 δεσμώτης

δεσμώτης (desmṓtēs), Strong’s G1202: (passively) a captive KJV: prisoner. Occurs 6 times.

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*desmṓtēs* — (passively) a captive

KJV: prisoner

Derived from [δεσμωτήριον desmōtḗrion](https://besorah.bible/word/G1201) (a place of bondage, i.e. a dungeon)

Occurs 6 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 27:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/27?v=1) — When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion…
- [Acts 27:42](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/27?v=42) — The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
- [Baruch 1:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/baruch/1?v=9) — after Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, the princes, the captives, the mighty men, and the…