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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 thy adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time 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 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 cast 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 knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken up.

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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 to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39 - Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to 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 will they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to 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 immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: 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 he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary to them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh to them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:20 - Added yet this above 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, 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 thou goest with thy adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he draw thee before the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - But before all these they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being 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 - And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee both into prison, and to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19 - (Who, for a certain sedition 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 to them him that for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus 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 the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison-doors, and brought them forth, and said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:25 - Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye 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 into every house, and hauling 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 apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep 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 prison: but prayer was made without ceasing by the church to God for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the door kept 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 ward, they came to the iron gate that leadeth to the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17 - But he beckoning to them with the hand to hold their peace, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go, show these things to James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into 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 jailer 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, thrust 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 keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.

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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, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privately? no 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 even to 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 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice 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 a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:36

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:19 - By which 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 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful to death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of demons, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage 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 have expired, Satan shall be loosed from his prison,
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