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Lexicon :: Strong's G5442 - phylassō

Aa
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 31 times in 31 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:20 - The young G3495 man G3495 *said G3004 to Him, “All G3956 these G3778 I have kept G5442; what G5101 am G5302 I still G2089 lacking G5302?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:20 - And he said G5346 to Him, “Teacher G1320, I have kept G5442 all G3956 these G3778 things G3778 from my youth G3503.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 -

In the same G846 region G5561 there were some shepherds G4166 staying G63 out G63 in G63 the G63 fields G63 and keeping G5442 watch G5438 over G1909 their flock G4167 at night G3571.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For He had already commanded G3853 the unclean G169 spirit G4151 to come G1831 out G1831 of the man G444. For it had seized G4884 him many G4183 times G5550; and he was bound G1195 with chains G254 and shackles G3976 and kept G5442 under G5442 guard G5442, and yet he would break G1284 the restraints G1199 and be driven G1643 by the demon G1140 into the desert G2048.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:21 - “When G3752 [fn]a strong G2478 man, fully G2528 armed G2528, guards G5442 his own G1438 house G833, his possessions G5225 are [fn]secure G1722 G1515.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:28 - But He said G3004, “On the contrary G3303 G3767, blessed G3107 are those G3588 who hear G191 the word G3056 of God G2316 and follow G5442 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:15 - But He said G3004 to them, “Beware G3708, and be on your guard G5442 against G575 every G3956 form G3956 of greed G4124; for not even when G1722 one G5100 is G4052 affluent G4052 does his life G2222 consist G1510 of his possessions G5225.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:21 - And he said G3004, “All G3956 these G3778 things G3778 I have kept G5442 since G1537 my youth G3503.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:25 - “The one who loves G5368 his [fn]life G5590 loses G622 it, and the one who hates G3404 his [fn]life G5590 in this G3778 world G2889 will keep G5442 it [fn]to eternal G166 life G2222.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:47 - “If G1437 anyone G5100 hears G191 My [fn]teachings G4487 and does not keep G5442 them, I do not judge G2919 him; for I did not come G2064 to judge G2919 the world G2889, but to save G4982 the world G2889.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12 - “While G3753 I was with them, I was keeping G5083 them in Your name G3686, which G3739 You have given G1325 Me; and I guarded G5442 them, and not one G3762 of them perished G622 except G1508 the [fn]son G5207 of destruction G684, so G2443 that G2443 the Scripture G1124 would be fulfilled G4137.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:53

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:53 - you who G3748 received G2983 the Law G3551 as ordained G1296 by angels G32, and yet did not keep G5442 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - When he had arrested G4084 him, he put G5087 him in prison G5438, turning G3860 him over G3860 to four G5064 [fn]squads G5069 of soldiers G4757 to guard G5442 him, intending G1014 only after G3326 the Passover G3957 to bring G321 him before the people G2992.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - Now G1161 while G5613 they were passing G1279 through G1279 the cities G4172, they were delivering G3860 the ordinances G1378 for them to follow G5442 which had been determined G2919 by the apostles G652 and elders G4245 in Jerusalem G2414.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:24 - take G3880 them along G3880 and purify G48 yourself together G4862 with them, and [fn]pay G1159 their expenses G1159 so G2443 that G2443 they may shave G3587 their [fn]heads G2776; and then everyone G3956 will know G1097 that there is nothing G3762 to what G3739 they have been told G2727 about G4012 you, but that you yourself G846 also G2532 conform G4748, keeping G5442 the Law G3551.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - “But regarding G4012 the Gentiles G1484 who have believed G4100, we sent G1989 a G1989 letter G1989, having decided G2919 that they should abstain G5442 from [fn]meat G3588 sacrificed G1494 to G1494 idols G1494 and from blood G129 and what is [fn]strangled G4156, and from sexual G4202 immorality G4202.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - ‘And when G3753 the blood G129 of Your witness G3144 Stephen G4736 was being shed G1632, I also G2532 was standing G2186 nearby G2186 and approving G4909, and watching G5442 over G5442 the cloaks G2440 of those G3588 who were killing G337 him.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35 - he said G5346, “I will give G1251 you a G1251 hearing G1251 when G3752 your accusers G2725 arrive G3854 as G2532 well G2532,” giving G2753 orders G2753 for [fn]Paul to be kept G5442 in Herod’s G2264 [fn]Praetorium G4232.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:16

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When G3753 we entered G1525 Rome G4516, Paul G3972 was allowed G2010 to stay G3306 by himself G1438, with the soldier G4757 who was guarding G5442 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:26 - So G3767 if G1437 the [fn]uncircumcised G203 man G203 keeps G5442 the requirements G1345 of the Law G3551, will his uncircumcision G203 not be regarded G3049 as circumcision G4061?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:13 - For those G3588 who [fn]are circumcised G4059 do not even G3761 keep G5442 [fn]the Law G3551 themselves G846, but they want G2309 to have you circumcised G4059 so G2443 that G2443 they may boast G2744 in your flesh G4561.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:3 - But the Lord G2962 is faithful G4103, [fn]and He will strengthen G4741 and protect G5442 you [fn]from the evil G4190 one G4190.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:21 - I solemnly G1263 exhort G1263 you in G1799 the G1799 presence G1799 of G1799 God G2316 and of Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 and of His chosen G1588 angels G32, to maintain G5442 these G3778 principles without G5565 bias G4299, doing G4160 nothing G3367 in a spirit of partiality G4346.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:20 -

Timothy G5095, protect G5442 what G3866 has G3866 been G3866 entrusted G3866 to you, avoiding G1624 worldly G952, empty G2757 chatter G2757 and the opposing G477 arguments G477 of what G3588 is falsely G5581 called G5581 “knowledge G1108”—

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:12 - For this G3739 reason G156 I also G2532 suffer G3958 these G3778 things G3778; but I am G1870 not ashamed G1870, for I know G6063 whom G3739 I have believed G4100, and I am convinced G3982 that He is able G1415 to protect G5442 what G3866 I have G3866 entrusted G3866 to Him [fn]until G1519 that day G2250.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:14 - Protect G5442, through G1223 the Holy G40 Spirit G4151 who dwells G1774 in us, the [fn]treasure G2570 G3866 which G3866 has G3866 been G3866 entrusted G3866 to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:15 - Be on guard G5442 against him yourself G4771 too G2532, for he vigorously G3029 opposed G436 our [fn]teaching G3056.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:5 - and did not spare G5339 the ancient G744 world G2889, but protected G5442 Noah G3575, a [fn]preacher G2783 of righteousness G1343, with seven G3590 others G3590, when He brought G1863 a flood G2627 upon G1863 the world G2889 of the ungodly G765;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:17 - You therefore G3767, beloved G27, knowing G4267 this beforehand G4267, be on your guard G5442 so G2443 that G2443 you are not carried G4879 away G4879 by the error G4106 of [fn]unscrupulous G113 people G113 and lose G1601 your own G2398 [fn]firm G4740 commitment G4740,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:21 -

Little G5040 children G5040, guard G5442 yourselves G1438 from idols G1497.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:24 -

Now G1161 to Him who is able G1410 to protect G5442 you from G679 stumbling G679, and to make G2476 you stand G2476 in G2714 the G2714 presence G2714 of His glory G1391, blameless G299 with great G20 joy G20,

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