DUNGEON (בּﯴר, H1014, pit; בֵ֣ית הַבֹּ֑ור, house of the pit). The word “pit” suggests that a dungeon was a sunken room, perhaps a dry well. Joseph was placed in one in Egypt (Gen 40:15; 41:14), and Jeremiah was cast into one in Israel (Jer 38:6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13; Lam 3:53, 55). Isaiah (42:7) uses the term in a fig. sense, saying that the Messiah would “bring out the prisoners from the dungeon.” See [http://biblegateway/wiki/Prison, Prisoner PRISON].