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Lexicon :: Strong's G5438 - phylakē

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φυλακή
Transliteration
phylakē (Key)
Pronunciation
foo-lak-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:241,1280

Strong’s Definitions

φυλακή phylakḗ, foo-lak-ay'; from G5442; a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively:—cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's G5438 in the following manner: prison (36x), watch (6x), imprisonment (2x), hold (1x), cage (1x), ward (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's G5438 in the following manner: prison (36x), watch (6x), imprisonment (2x), hold (1x), cage (1x), ward (1x).

  1. guard, watch

    1. a watching, keeping watch

      1. to keep watch

    2. persons keeping watch, a guard, sentinels

    3. of the place where captives are kept, a prison

    4. of the time (of night) during which guard was kept, a watch i.e. a period of time during which part of the guard was on duty, and at the end of which others relieved them. As the earlier Greeks divided the night commonly into three parts, so, previous to the exile, the Israelites also had three watches in a night; subsequently, however, after they became subject to the Romans, they adopted the Roman custom of dividing the night into four watches

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φυλακή phylakḗ, foo-lak-ay'; from G5442; a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively:—cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch.
STRONGS G5438:
φυλακή, φυλακῆς, ἡ (φυλάσσω), from Homer down, the Sept. for מִשְׁמֶרֶת, מִשְׁמָר, מַטָּרָה (a prison), כֶּלֶא (enclosure, confinement), guard, watch, i. e.
a. in an active sense, a watching, keeping watch: φυλάσσειν φυλακάς, to keep watch, Luke 2:8 (often in the Greek writings from Xenophon, an. 2, 6, 10, etc.; Plato legg. 6, p. 758 d. down; (cf. φυλακάς ἔχειν, etc. from Homer (Iliad 9, 1 etc.) on); often also in the Sept. for מִשְׁמָרות שָׁמַר).
b. like the Latincustodia and more frequently the pluralcustodiae (see Klotz, Hdwrbch. (or Harpers' Latin Dict.) under the word), equivalent to persons keeping watch, a guard, sentinels: Acts 12:10 (here A. V. ward) (and very often in secular authors from Homer down).
c. of the place where captives are kept, a prison: Matthew 14:10; Matthew 25:36,(39),43f; Mark 6:17, 27(28); Luke 3:20; Luke 21:12; Luke 22:33; Acts 5:19, 22; Acts 8:3; Acts 12:5f, 17; Acts 16:27, 40; Acts 22:4; Acts 26:10; 2 Corinthians 6:5 (here, as in Hebrews 11:36, A. V. imprisonment); 2 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Peter 3:19; Revelation 18:2 (twice; rendered in A. V. hold and cage (R. V. hold)); Rev. 20:7 (Herodotus 3, 152; Thucydides 3, 34; Plutarch, others; the Sept. for מַטָּרָה, כֶּלֶא בֵּית, and הַכֶּלֶא בֵּית, מִשְׁמָר); βάλλειν or τιθέναι τινα εἰς (τήν) φυλακήν or ἐν (τῇ) φυλακή: Matthew 5:25; Matthew 14:3 (R G, others, ἀπέθετο); Matt. 18:30; Luke 12:58; Luke 23:19, 25; John 3:24; Acts 5:25; Acts 8:3 (here παραδιδόναι εἰς φυλακήν); Acts 12:4; 16:23f,37; Revelation 2:10.
d. of the time (of night) during which guard was kept, a watch i. e. the period of time during which a part of the guard were on duty, and at the end of which others relieved them. As the earlier Greeks divided the night commonly into three parts (see Liddell and Scott, under the word I. 4), so, previously to the exile, the Israelites also had three watches in a night; subsequently, however, after they became subject to Rome, they adopted the Roman custom of dividing the night into four watches: Matthew 24:43; ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ, τρίτῃ, Luke 12:38; τετάρτῃ, Matthew 14:25; Mark 6:48. Cf. Winer's RWB under the word Nachtwache; (McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, under the word ; B. D. under the phrase, ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:25; 14:3; 14:10; 14:25; 18:30; 24:43; 25:36
Mark
6:17; 6:27; 6:48
Luke
2:8; 3:20; 12:38; 12:58; 21:12; 22:33; 23:19; 23:25
John
3:24
Acts
5:19; 5:22; 5:25; 8:3; 8:3; 12:4; 12:5; 12:10; 12:17; 16:23; 16:27; 16:37; 16:40; 22:4; 26:10
2 Corinthians
6:5; 11:23
Hebrews
11:36
1 Peter
3:19
Revelation
2:10; 18:2; 20:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5438 matches the Greek φυλακή (phylakē),
which occurs 47 times in 45 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:25 - “Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:3 - For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:10 - So he sent and had John beheaded in prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:25 - Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:30 - “And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - “But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36 - ‘I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39 - ‘Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43 - ‘I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - “Then they also will answer Him,[fn] saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:17 - For Herod himself had sent and laid hold of John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had married her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:27 - Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:48 - Then He saw them straining at rowing, for the wind was against them. Now about the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea, and would have passed them by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:20 - also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38 - “And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - “When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - “But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:33 - But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19 - who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - And he released to them[fn] the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:24 - For John had not yet been thrown into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:19 - But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:22 - But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:25 - So one came and told them, saying,[fn] “Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:3 - As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:5 - Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant[fn] prayer was offered to God for him by the church.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17 - But motioning to them with his hand to keep silent, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren.” And he departed and went to another place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:23 - And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:24 - Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:37 - But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us openly, uncondemned Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they put us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and get us out.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:40 - So they went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they encouraged them and departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:4 - “I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - “This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5 - in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:36 - Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:19 - by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10 - “Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - And he cried mightily[fn] with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 - Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison
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