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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 105 times in 94 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 40:3–2Ch 13:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:3 - So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:4 - And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in the custody of his lord’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:10 - “When Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:17 - So he put them all together in prison three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - “If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined to your prison house; but you, go and carry grain for the famine of your houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:30 - “The man who is lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:24 - Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that the LORD looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He troubled the army of the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:12 - Then they put him in custody, that the mind of the LORD might be shown to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - “but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - “And they shall attend to his needs and the needs of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of meeting, to do the work of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - “Also they shall attend to all the furnishings of the tabernacle of meeting, and to the needs of the children of Israel, to do the work of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - The duties of the children of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - According to the number of all the males, from a month old and above, there were eight thousand six[fn] hundred keeping charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - Their duty included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the screen, and all the work relating to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, with oversight of those who kept charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - And the appointed duty of the children of Merari included the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, its utensils, all the work relating to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - Moreover those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tabernacle of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary, to meet the needs of the children of Israel; but the outsider who came near was to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - “This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting. And their duties shall be under the authority[fn] of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - “and the pillars around the court with their sockets, pegs, and cords, with all their furnishings and all their service; and you shall assign to each man by name the items he must carry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - “They may minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of meeting, to attend to needs, but they themselves shall do no work. Thus you shall do to the Levites regarding their duties.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19 - Even when the cloud continued long, many days above the tabernacle, the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD and did not journey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:23 - At the command of the LORD they remained encamped, and at the command of the LORD they journeyed; they kept the charge of the LORD, at the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:34 - They put him under guard, because it had not been explained what should be done to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:3 - “They shall attend to your needs and all the needs of the tabernacle; but they shall not come near the articles of the sanctuary and the altar, lest they die—they and you also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - “They shall be joined with you and attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, for all the work of the tabernacle; but an outsider shall not come near you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:5 - “And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, that there may be no more wrath on the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - “And from the children of Israel’s half you shall take one of every fifty, drawn from the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - and from the children of Israel’s half Moses took one of every fifty, drawn from man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:19 - So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - So it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may perform for us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. And they stationed him between the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - So it was, on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and killed Ammonites until the heat of the day. And it happened that those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - Now David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, his concubines whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in seclusion and supported them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3 - “And keep the charge of the LORD your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - “and say, ‘Thus says the king: “Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I come in peace.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:5 - Then he commanded them, saying, “This is what you shall do: One-third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall be keeping watch over the king’s house,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:6 - “one-third shall be at the gate of Sur, and one-third at the gate behind the escorts. You shall keep the watch of the house, lest it be broken down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:7 - “The two contingents of you who go off duty on the Sabbath shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD for the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:4 - And the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 - Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-Merodach[fn] king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:29 - So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:19 - Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers of the entrance to the camp of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:27 - And they lodged all around the house of God because they had the responsibility, and they were in charge of opening it every morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - of the sons of Benjamin, relatives of Saul, three thousand (until then the greatest part of them had remained loyal to the house of Saul);

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32 - and that they should attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and the needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:16 - To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the West Gate, with the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway—watchman opposite watchman.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - And the priests attended to their services; the Levites also with instruments of the music of the LORD, which King David had made to praise the LORD, saying, “For His mercy endures forever,”[fn] whenever David offered praise by their ministry. The priests sounded trumpets opposite them, while all Israel stood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - And, according to the order of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, the Levites for their duties (to praise and serve before the priests) as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for so David the man of God had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - “And they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense; they also set the showbread in order on the pure gold table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps to burn every evening; for we keep the command of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken Him.

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