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Lexicon :: Strong's G5441 - phylax

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φύλαξ
Transliteration
phylax (Key)
Pronunciation
foo'-lax
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

φύλαξ phýlax, foo'-lax; from G5442; a watcher or sentry:—keeper.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G5441 in the following manner: keeper (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G5441 in the following manner: keeper (3x).

  1. a guard, keeper

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φύλαξ phýlax, foo'-lax; from G5442; a watcher or sentry:—keeper.
STRONGS G5441:
φύλαξ, φυλακός, ὁ (φυλάσσω), a guard, keeper: Acts 5:23; Acts 12:6, 19. (From Homer down; the Sept. for שֹׁמֵר.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
5:23; 12:6; 12:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5441 matches the Greek φύλαξ (phylax),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 - my[fn] God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold and my refuge,
my savior; you save me from violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:47

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:47 - “The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock,
and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 - The God of Israel has spoken;
the Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
ruling in the fear of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:29 - After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - So when the king’s order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king’s palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king’s eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:7 - The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city;
they beat me, they bruised me,
they took away my veil,
those watchmen of the walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6 - On your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have set watchmen;
all the day and all the night
they shall never be silent.
You who put the LORD in remembrance,
take no rest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:11 - Men of Arvad and Helech were on your walls all around, and men of Gamad were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they made perfect your beauty.
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