Quick Definition
a prisoner, captive
Strong's Definition
(passively) a captive
Derivation: from the same as G1201 (δεσμωτήριον);
KJV Usage: prisoner
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δεσμώτης, δεσμώτου, ὁ, one bound, a prisoner: Act_27:1; Act_27:42. (Gen_39:20; Bar_1:9; Herodotus, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Thucydides, subsequent writers)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δεσμώτης desmōtēs 2x
a prisoner, i.q. δέσμιος , Act_27:1 ; Act_27:42
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δεσμώτης , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX for H631 , H4525 ;]
a prisoner: Act_27:1 ; Act_27:42 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δεσμώτης [page 143]
P Petr II. 13 (3) .9 (B.C. 258 3) εὐθέως γὰρ ἕξομεν ἐξαγαγόντες καὶ πλέονι τόπ [ω ]ι ἀποχρήσασθαι πρὸς τοὺς παραδεδομένους νῦν δεσμώτας (corrected from δια ) [ὑ ]π᾽ Απολλωνίου τοῦ διοικητοῦ , for forthwith, by bringing out these prisoners, we shall have more room at our disposal for the prisoners now being delivered to us by Apollonios the administrator (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
δεσμώτης [Etym: δεσμόω] "a prisoner, captive", Hdt. , attic as adj. "in chains, fettered", Aesch. , fem. δεσμῶτις, Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δεσμώτης, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for אסר, מַסְגֵּר ;]
a prisoner: Act.27:1, 42.†
(AS)