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

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Strong's Number G5441 matches the Greek φύλαξ (phylax),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in 'Est' in the LXX Greek.

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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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