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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

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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 - 'Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:3 - For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:10 - and having sent, he 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 away to 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 having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - and this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not 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 put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39 - and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43 - a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - 'Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:17 - For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:27 - and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:48 - and he saw them harassed in the rowing, for the wind was against them, and about the fourth watch of the night he doth come to them walking on the sea, and wished to pass by them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38 - and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find it so, happy are those servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought 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 to him, 'Sir, with thee I am ready both to prison and to death to go;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19 - who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, cast into prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave 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 the prison --

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:19 - and a messenger of the Lord through the night opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, he said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:22 - and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:25 - and coming near, a certain one told them, saying -- 'Lo, the men whom ye did 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 - and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having 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, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly 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 was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains, guards also before the door were keeping the prison,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - and having passed through a first ward, and a second, they came unto the iron gate that is leading to the city, which of its own accord did open to them, and having gone forth, they went on through one street, and immediately the messenger departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17 - and having beckoned to them with the hand to be silent, he declared to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison, and he said, 'Declare to James and to the brethren these things;' and having gone forth, he went on to another place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:23 - many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:37 - and Paul said to them, 'Having beaten us publicly uncondemned -- men, Romans being -- they did cast us to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:40 - and they, having gone forth out of the prison, entered into the house of Lydia, and having seen the brethren, they comforted them, and went forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:4 - 'And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being 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 insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:36 - and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:19 - in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - and he did cry in might -- a great voice, saying, 'Fall, fall did Babylon the great, and she became 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 may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison,
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