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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, (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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 -

Then Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 -

[fn]My 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.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:47 -

“Yahweh lives, and blessed be my rock;

And let [fn]God, the rock of my salvation, be lifted high,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 -

“The God of Israel said,

The Rock of Israel spoke to me,

‘He who rules over men as a righteous one,

Who rules in the fear of God,

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 which is by the house of God, for the wall of the city and for the house to which I will go.” And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:29 - After [fn]them Zadok the son of Immer made repairs in front of his house. And after him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “And let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every young virgin, beautiful in appearance, to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the hand of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who keeps charge of the women; and let their cosmetics be given to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 -

Now it happened that when the word and law of the king were heard and many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the hand of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s [fn]house into the hand of Hegai, who kept charge of the women.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem, to the hand of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who kept charge of the concubines. She would not again go in to the king unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 -

Now when it reached the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king, she did not seek anything except what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who kept charge of the women, said. And Esther advanced in favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and valiant men bend down, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through [fn]windows grow dark;
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:7 -

“The watchmen who go about in the city found me,

They struck me and wounded me;

The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6 -

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;

All day and all night they will never keep silent.

You who remind Yahweh, take no rest for yourselves;

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:11 - “The sons of Arvad and your military force were on your walls, all around, and the [fn]Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their small shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.
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