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Lexicon :: Strong's G5442 - phylassō

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φυλάσσω
Transliteration
phylassō (Key)
Pronunciation
foo-las'-so
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from φυλή (G5443) through the idea of isolation
mGNT
31x in 20 unique form(s) TR
30x in 20 unique form(s) LXX
414x in 79 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:236,1280

Strong’s Definitions

φυλάσσω phylássō, foo-las'-so; probably from G5443 through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. be on guard (literally or figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid:—beware, keep (self), observe, save. Compare G5083.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G5442 in the following manner: keep (23x), observe (2x), beware (2x), keep (one's) self (1x), save (1x), be ... ware (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G5442 in the following manner: keep (23x), observe (2x), beware (2x), keep (one's) self (1x), save (1x), be ... ware (1x).

  1. to guard

    1. to watch, keep watch

    2. to guard or watch, have an eye upon: lest he escape

    3. to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe

      1. lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, etc. to protect

      2. to protect one from a person or thing

      3. to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and unimpaired

      4. to guard from being lost or perishing

      5. to guard one's self from a thing

    4. to guard i.e. care for, take care not to violate

      1. to observe

  2. to observe for one's self something to escape

    1. to avoid, shun flee from

    2. to guard for one's self (i.e. for one's safety's sake) so as not to violate, i.e. to keep, observe (the precepts of the Mosaic law)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φυλάσσω phylássō, foo-las'-so; probably from G5443 through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. be on guard (literally or figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid:—beware, keep (self), observe, save. Compare G5083.
STRONGS G5442:
φυλάσσω; future φυλάξω; 1 aorist ἐφύλαξα; middle, present φυλάσσομαι; 1 aorist ἐφυλαξάμην; present passive φυλάσσομαι; from Homer down; the Sept. times too many to count for שָׁמַר, occasionally for נָצַר (etc.):
1. Active, to guard (Latin custodio); i. e.,
a. to watch, to keep watch: with φυλακήν, added, Luke 2:8 (see φυλακή, a.).
b. to guard or watch, have an eye upon: τινα, one, lest he escape, Acts 12:4; Acts 28:16; passive, Acts 23:35; Luke 8:29; τί, anything, lest it be carried off: τά ἱμάτια, Acts 22:20.
c. to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe, i. e. lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, etc., equivalent to to protect: τήν αὐλήν, Luke 11:21; ἀπό τίνος, to protect one from a person or thing, 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (see πονηρός, p. 531a) (Xenophon, Cyril 1, 4, 7; Psalm 140:9 (Ps. 141:9); cf. Buttmann, § 147, 3; (Winer's Grammar, 223 (209))); τήν παραθήκην (or παρακαταθήκην), to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and unimpaired, 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:14; with the addition of εἰς τινα ἡμέραν, i. e. that it may be forthcoming on that day, 2 Timothy 1:12; to guard from being lost or perishing, i. e. (with the predominant idea of a happy issue), to preserve: τινα, John 17:12 (where ἐφύλαξα is explained by the following οὐδείς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀπώλετο (cf. τηρέω, at the end)); 2 Peter 2:5; τινα with a predicate accusative, Jude 1:24; φυλάξει (opposed to ἀπολέσει) τήν ψυχήν εἰς ζωήν αἰών. i. e. will keep it with the result that lie will have life eternal, John 12:25; ἑαυτόν ἀπό τόν to guard oneself from a thing, 1 John 5:21 (where cf. Westcott).
d. to guard, i. e. to care for, take care not to violate; to observe: τόν νόμον, Acts 7:53; Acts 21:24; Galatians 6:13 (Leviticus 19:37, etc.; Sophocles Trach. 616; others; νόμους, Xenophon, Hell. 1, 7, 30; Plato, de rep. 6, p. 484 b.; polit., p. 292 a.); single precepts of the Mosaic law, Matthew 19:20 L T Tr WH; Mark 10:20 Lachmann; Luke 18:21 L T Tr text WH; (τά δικαιώματα τοῦ νόμου, Romans 2:26); τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Luke 11:28; τά ῤήματα of Jesus, John 12:47 L T Tr WH; apostolic directions, Acts 16:4; 1 Timothy 5:21.
2. Middle
a. to observe for oneself something to escape, i. e. to avoid, shun, flee from: by a use common in Greek writings from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, with an accusative of the object, τί, Acts 21:25 (A. V. keep themselves from); τινα, 2 Timothy 4:15 (A. V. be thou ware of); ἀπό τίνος, to keep oneself from a thing, Luke 12:15 (Xenophon, Cyril 2, 3, 9; (Hell. 7, 2, 10)); ἵνα μή, 2 Peter 3:17 (ὅπως μή, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 37; other examples in Passow, under the word, p. 2360{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, C. II.)).
b. by a usage foreign to Greek writings but very frequent in the Sept. (cf. Winers Grammar, 253 (238)), to guard for oneself (i. e. for one's safety's sake) so as not to violate, i. e. to keep, observe: ταῦτα πάντα (the precepts of the Mosaic law), Matthew 19:20 R G; Mark 10:20 R G T Tr WH; Luke 18:21 R G Tr marginal reading (Exodus 12:17; Leviticus 18:4; Leviticus 20:8, 22; Leviticus 26:3, and many other passages). (Compare: διαφυλάσσω. Synonym: see τηρέω, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
12:17
Leviticus
18:4; 19:37; 20:8; 20:22; 26:3
Psalms
140:9; 141:9
Matthew
19:20; 19:20
Mark
10:20; 10:20
Luke
2:8; 8:29; 11:21; 11:28; 12:15; 18:21; 18:21
John
12:25; 12:47; 17:12
Acts
7:53; 12:4; 16:4; 21:24; 21:25; 22:20; 23:35; 28:16
Romans
2:26
Galatians
6:13
2 Thessalonians
3:3
1 Timothy
5:21; 6:20
2 Timothy
1:12; 1:14; 4:15
2 Peter
2:5; 3:17
1 John
5:21
Jude
1:24

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5442 matches the Greek φυλάσσω (phylassō),
which occurs 65 times in 62 verses in 'Psa' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 12:7–Psa 119:168)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:1 - [[Michtam of David.]] Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4 - Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8 - Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:21 - For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:23 - I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:11 - Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:20 - O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:20 - He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28 - For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:34 - Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:37 - Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:1 - [[To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.]] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6 - They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:1 - [[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.]] Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:9 - Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:10 - For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:10 - They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:2 - Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:28 - My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:31 - If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:10 - Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:7 - He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:18 - To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:3 - Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:43 - Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:6 - The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:4 - Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:5 - O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:8 - I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:9 - BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:17 - GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:34 - Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:44 - So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:55 - I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:57

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:57 - CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:60

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:60 - I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:63

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:63 - I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67 - Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:88

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:88 - Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:101

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:101 - I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:106

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:106 - I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:134

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:134 - Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:136

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:136 - Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:146

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:146 - I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:158

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:158 - I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:167

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:167 - My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:168

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:168 - I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

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