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Strong Concordance Jer 38:10 Then the king [04428] commanded [06680] Ebedmelech [05663] the Ethiopian [03569], saying [0559], Take [03947] from hence thirty [07970] men [0582] with thee [03027], and take up [05927] Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] out of the dungeon [0953], before he die [04191].

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DUNGEON 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).
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