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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, ).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 16 times in 16 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:19 - But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, G5438 and taking them out he said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:22 - But the officers who came did not find them in the prison; G5438 and they returned and reported back,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:25 - But someone came and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison G5438 are standing in the temple and teaching the people!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:3 - But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison. G5438

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - When he had seized him, he put him in prison, G5438 delivering him to four [fn]squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out before the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:5 - So Peter was kept in the prison, G5438 but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - On [fn]the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison. G5438

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - When they had passed the first and second guard, G5438 they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17 - But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. G5438 And he said, “Report these things to [fn]James and the brethren.” Then he left and went to another place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:23 - When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, G5438 commanding the jailer to guard them securely;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:24 - [fn]and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison G5438 and fastened their feet in the [fn]stocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - When the jailer awoke and saw the prison G5438 doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:37 - But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us in public without trial, men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; G5438 and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:40 - They went out of the prison G5438 and entered the house of Lydia, and when they saw the brethren, they [fn]encouraged them and departed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:4 - “I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons, G5438

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - “And this is [fn]just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the [fn]saints in prisons, G5438 having received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them.
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