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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:25 - Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:3 - For Herod had laid hold on 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 - and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:25 - And in the fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking upon the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:30 - And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due.

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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 in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36 - naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39 - And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43 - I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:17 - For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon 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 - And straightway the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:48 - And seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them, about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking on the sea; and he would have passed by them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:38

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:33 - And he said unto him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19 - one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:24 - For John was not yet cast into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:19 - But an angel of the Lord by night 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 the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:25 - And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:3 - But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:5 - Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - And when they were past the first and the second guard, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and straightway the angel departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17 - But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him forth out of the prison. And he said, Tell these things unto 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 upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:24 - who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:37 - But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:40

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:4 - and I persecuted this Way unto 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 - And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave 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 watchings, 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 one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:36 - and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:19 - in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10 - Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 - And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
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