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Lexicon :: Strong's G5442 - phylassō

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φυλάσσω
Transliteration
phylassō (Key)
Pronunciation
foo-las'-so
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from φυλή (G5443) through the idea of isolation
mGNT
31x in 20 unique form(s) TR
30x in 20 unique form(s) LXX
414x in 79 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:236,1280

Strong’s Definitions

φυλάσσω phylássō, foo-las'-so; probably from G5443 through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. be on guard (literally or figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid:—beware, keep (self), observe, save. Compare G5083.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G5442 in the following manner: keep (23x), observe (2x), beware (2x), keep (one's) self (1x), save (1x), be ... ware (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G5442 in the following manner: keep (23x), observe (2x), beware (2x), keep (one's) self (1x), save (1x), be ... ware (1x).

  1. to guard

    1. to watch, keep watch

    2. to guard or watch, have an eye upon: lest he escape

    3. to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe

      1. lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, etc. to protect

      2. to protect one from a person or thing

      3. to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and unimpaired

      4. to guard from being lost or perishing

      5. to guard one's self from a thing

    4. to guard i.e. care for, take care not to violate

      1. to observe

  2. to observe for one's self something to escape

    1. to avoid, shun flee from

    2. to guard for one's self (i.e. for one's safety's sake) so as not to violate, i.e. to keep, observe (the precepts of the Mosaic law)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φυλάσσω phylássō, foo-las'-so; probably from G5443 through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. be on guard (literally or figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid:—beware, keep (self), observe, save. Compare G5083.
STRONGS G5442:
φυλάσσω; future φυλάξω; 1 aorist ἐφύλαξα; middle, present φυλάσσομαι; 1 aorist ἐφυλαξάμην; present passive φυλάσσομαι; from Homer down; the Sept. times too many to count for שָׁמַר, occasionally for נָצַר (etc.):
1. Active, to guard (Latin custodio); i. e.,
a. to watch, to keep watch: with φυλακήν, added, Luke 2:8 (see φυλακή, a.).
b. to guard or watch, have an eye upon: τινα, one, lest he escape, Acts 12:4; Acts 28:16; passive, Acts 23:35; Luke 8:29; τί, anything, lest it be carried off: τά ἱμάτια, Acts 22:20.
c. to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe, i. e. lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, etc., equivalent to to protect: τήν αὐλήν, Luke 11:21; ἀπό τίνος, to protect one from a person or thing, 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (see πονηρός, p. 531a) (Xenophon, Cyril 1, 4, 7; Psalm 140:9 (Ps. 141:9); cf. Buttmann, § 147, 3; (Winer's Grammar, 223 (209))); τήν παραθήκην (or παρακαταθήκην), to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and unimpaired, 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:14; with the addition of εἰς τινα ἡμέραν, i. e. that it may be forthcoming on that day, 2 Timothy 1:12; to guard from being lost or perishing, i. e. (with the predominant idea of a happy issue), to preserve: τινα, John 17:12 (where ἐφύλαξα is explained by the following οὐδείς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀπώλετο (cf. τηρέω, at the end)); 2 Peter 2:5; τινα with a predicate accusative, Jude 1:24; φυλάξει (opposed to ἀπολέσει) τήν ψυχήν εἰς ζωήν αἰών. i. e. will keep it with the result that lie will have life eternal, John 12:25; ἑαυτόν ἀπό τόν to guard oneself from a thing, 1 John 5:21 (where cf. Westcott).
d. to guard, i. e. to care for, take care not to violate; to observe: τόν νόμον, Acts 7:53; Acts 21:24; Galatians 6:13 (Leviticus 19:37, etc.; Sophocles Trach. 616; others; νόμους, Xenophon, Hell. 1, 7, 30; Plato, de rep. 6, p. 484 b.; polit., p. 292 a.); single precepts of the Mosaic law, Matthew 19:20 L T Tr WH; Mark 10:20 Lachmann; Luke 18:21 L T Tr text WH; (τά δικαιώματα τοῦ νόμου, Romans 2:26); τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Luke 11:28; τά ῤήματα of Jesus, John 12:47 L T Tr WH; apostolic directions, Acts 16:4; 1 Timothy 5:21.
2. Middle
a. to observe for oneself something to escape, i. e. to avoid, shun, flee from: by a use common in Greek writings from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, with an accusative of the object, τί, Acts 21:25 (A. V. keep themselves from); τινα, 2 Timothy 4:15 (A. V. be thou ware of); ἀπό τίνος, to keep oneself from a thing, Luke 12:15 (Xenophon, Cyril 2, 3, 9; (Hell. 7, 2, 10)); ἵνα μή, 2 Peter 3:17 (ὅπως μή, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 37; other examples in Passow, under the word, p. 2360{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, C. II.)).
b. by a usage foreign to Greek writings but very frequent in the Sept. (cf. Winers Grammar, 253 (238)), to guard for oneself (i. e. for one's safety's sake) so as not to violate, i. e. to keep, observe: ταῦτα πάντα (the precepts of the Mosaic law), Matthew 19:20 R G; Mark 10:20 R G T Tr WH; Luke 18:21 R G Tr marginal reading (Exodus 12:17; Leviticus 18:4; Leviticus 20:8, 22; Leviticus 26:3, and many other passages). (Compare: διαφυλάσσω. Synonym: see τηρέω, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
12:17
Leviticus
18:4; 19:37; 20:8; 20:22; 26:3
Psalms
140:9; 141:9
Matthew
19:20; 19:20
Mark
10:20; 10:20
Luke
2:8; 8:29; 11:21; 11:28; 12:15; 18:21; 18:21
John
12:25; 12:47; 17:12
Acts
7:53; 12:4; 16:4; 21:24; 21:25; 22:20; 23:35; 28:16
Romans
2:26
Galatians
6:13
2 Thessalonians
3:3
1 Timothy
5:21; 6:20
2 Timothy
1:12; 1:14; 4:15
2 Peter
2:5; 3:17
1 John
5:21
Jude
1:24

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5442 matches the Greek φυλάσσω (phylassō),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in 'Eze' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:20 - “that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:14 - ‘that the kingdom might be brought low and not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9 - If he has walked in My statutes
And kept My judgments faithfully—
He is just;
He shall surely live!”
Says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:21 - “But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:27 - “Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:18 - “But I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:19 - ‘I am the LORD your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - “Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’;[fn] but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:4 - ‘then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:5 - ‘He heard the sound of the trumpet, but did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - ‘But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:8 - “When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:16 - “I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:27 - “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:24 - “David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45 - Then he said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - “The chamber which faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar; these are the sons of Zadok, from the sons of Levi, who come near the LORD to minister to Him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11 - “And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its ordinances, all its forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances, and perform them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:8 - “And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:14 - “Nevertheless I will make them keep charge of the temple, for all its work, and for all that has to be done in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - “But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood,” says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:16 - “They shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall come near My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:24 - “In controversy they shall stand as judges, and judge it according to My judgments. They shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed meetings, and they shall hallow My Sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:11 - “It shall be for the priests of the sons of Zadok, who are sanctified, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
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