Noun desmōtēs (prisoner) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)

Acts

27: 1When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, they transferred Paul and some other prisoners (desmōtēs) to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort, named Julius.
27: 42The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners (desmōtēs), so that none might swim away and escape;