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Lexicon :: Strong's G5438 - phylakē

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φυλακή
Transliteration
phylakē (Key)
Pronunciation
foo-lak-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:241,1280

Strong’s Definitions

φυλακή phylakḗ, foo-lak-ay'; from G5442; a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively:—cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's G5438 in the following manner: prison (36x), watch (6x), imprisonment (2x), hold (1x), cage (1x), ward (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's G5438 in the following manner: prison (36x), watch (6x), imprisonment (2x), hold (1x), cage (1x), ward (1x).

  1. guard, watch

    1. a watching, keeping watch

      1. to keep watch

    2. persons keeping watch, a guard, sentinels

    3. of the place where captives are kept, a prison

    4. of the time (of night) during which guard was kept, a watch i.e. a period of time during which part of the guard was on duty, and at the end of which others relieved them. As the earlier Greeks divided the night commonly into three parts, so, previous to the exile, the Israelites also had three watches in a night; subsequently, however, after they became subject to the Romans, they adopted the Roman custom of dividing the night into four watches

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φυλακή phylakḗ, foo-lak-ay'; from G5442; a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively:—cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch.
STRONGS G5438:
φυλακή, φυλακῆς, ἡ (φυλάσσω), from Homer down, the Sept. for מִשְׁמֶרֶת, מִשְׁמָר, מַטָּרָה (a prison), כֶּלֶא (enclosure, confinement), guard, watch, i. e.
a. in an active sense, a watching, keeping watch: φυλάσσειν φυλακάς, to keep watch, Luke 2:8 (often in the Greek writings from Xenophon, an. 2, 6, 10, etc.; Plato legg. 6, p. 758 d. down; (cf. φυλακάς ἔχειν, etc. from Homer (Iliad 9, 1 etc.) on); often also in the Sept. for מִשְׁמָרות שָׁמַר).
b. like the Latincustodia and more frequently the pluralcustodiae (see Klotz, Hdwrbch. (or Harpers' Latin Dict.) under the word), equivalent to persons keeping watch, a guard, sentinels: Acts 12:10 (here A. V. ward) (and very often in secular authors from Homer down).
c. of the place where captives are kept, a prison: Matthew 14:10; Matthew 25:36,(39),43f; Mark 6:17, 27(28); Luke 3:20; Luke 21:12; Luke 22:33; Acts 5:19, 22; Acts 8:3; Acts 12:5f, 17; Acts 16:27, 40; Acts 22:4; Acts 26:10; 2 Corinthians 6:5 (here, as in Hebrews 11:36, A. V. imprisonment); 2 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Peter 3:19; Revelation 18:2 (twice; rendered in A. V. hold and cage (R. V. hold)); Rev. 20:7 (Herodotus 3, 152; Thucydides 3, 34; Plutarch, others; the Sept. for מַטָּרָה, כֶּלֶא בֵּית, and הַכֶּלֶא בֵּית, מִשְׁמָר); βάλλειν or τιθέναι τινα εἰς (τήν) φυλακήν or ἐν (τῇ) φυλακή: Matthew 5:25; Matthew 14:3 (R G, others, ἀπέθετο); Matt. 18:30; Luke 12:58; Luke 23:19, 25; John 3:24; Acts 5:25; Acts 8:3 (here παραδιδόναι εἰς φυλακήν); Acts 12:4; 16:23f,37; Revelation 2:10.
d. of the time (of night) during which guard was kept, a watch i. e. the period of time during which a part of the guard were on duty, and at the end of which others relieved them. As the earlier Greeks divided the night commonly into three parts (see Liddell and Scott, under the word I. 4), so, previously to the exile, the Israelites also had three watches in a night; subsequently, however, after they became subject to Rome, they adopted the Roman custom of dividing the night into four watches: Matthew 24:43; ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ, τρίτῃ, Luke 12:38; τετάρτῃ, Matthew 14:25; Mark 6:48. Cf. Winer's RWB under the word Nachtwache; (McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, under the word ; B. D. under the phrase, ).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:25; 14:3; 14:10; 14:25; 18:30; 24:43; 25:36
Mark
6:17; 6:27; 6:48
Luke
2:8; 3:20; 12:38; 12:58; 21:12; 22:33; 23:19; 23:25
John
3:24
Acts
5:19; 5:22; 5:25; 8:3; 8:3; 12:4; 12:5; 12:10; 12:17; 16:23; 16:27; 16:37; 16:40; 22:4; 26:10
2 Corinthians
6:5; 11:23
Hebrews
11:36
1 Peter
3:19
Revelation
2:10; 18:2; 20:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5438 matches the Greek φυλακή (phylakē),
which occurs 47 times in 45 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:25 - “[fn]Come G1510 G2132 to G1510 G2132 good G1510 G2132 terms G1510 G2132 with your accuser G476 quickly G5035, while G2193 you are with him on the way G3598 to court, so G3379 that G3379 your accuser G476 will not G3379 hand G3860 you over G3860 to the judge G2923, and the judge G2923 to the officer G5257, and you will not G3379 be thrown G906 into prison G5438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:3 -

For when Herod G2264 had John G2491 arrested G2902, he bound G1210 him and put G659 him in prison G5438 because G1223 of Herodias G2266, the wife G1135 of his brother G80 Philip G5376.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:10 - He sent G3992 word and had John G2491 beheaded G607 in the prison G5438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:25 - And in the [fn]fourth G5067 watch G5438 of the night G3571 He came G2064 to them, walking G4043 on the sea G2281.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:30 - “But he was unwilling G3756 G2309, [fn]and went G565 and threw G906 him in prison G5438 until G2193 he would pay G591 back G591 what G3588 was owed G3784.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - “But [fn]be sure G1097 of this G1565, that if G1487 the head G3617 of G3617 the G3617 house G3617 had known G6063 at what G4169 time G5438 of G5438 the G5438 night G5438 the thief G2812 was coming G2064, he would have been on the alert G1127 and would not have allowed G1439 his house G3614 to be broken G1358 into.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36 - naked G1131, and you clothed G4016 Me; I was sick G770, and you visited G1980 Me; I was in prison G5438, and you came G2064 to Me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39 - ‘And when G4219 did we see G3708 You sick G770, or G2228 in prison G5438, and come G2064 to You?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43 - I was a stranger G3581, and you did not invite G4863 Me in; naked G1131, and you did not clothe G4016 Me; sick G772, and in prison G5438, and you did not visit G1980 Me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - “Then G5119 they themselves G846 also G2532 will answer G611, ‘Lord G2962, when G4219 did we see G3708 You hungry G3983, or G2228 thirsty G1372, or G2228 as a stranger G3581, or G2228 naked G1131, or G2228 sick G772, or G2228 in prison G5438, and did not [fn]take G1247 care G1247 of You?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:17 -

For Herod G2264 himself G846 had sent G649 men and had John G2491 arrested G2902 and bound G1210 in prison G5438 on account G1223 of Herodias G2266, the wife G1135 of his brother G80 Philip G5376, because G3754 he had married G1060 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:27 - Immediately G2117 the king G935 sent G649 an executioner G4688 and commanded G2004 him to bring G5342 back his head G2776. And he went G565 and beheaded G607 him in the prison G5438,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:48 - Seeing G3708 them [fn]straining G928 at the oars G1643—for the wind G417 was against G1727 them—at about G4012 the [fn]fourth G5067 watch G5438 of the night G3571, He *came G2064 to them, walking G4043 on the sea G2281; and He intended G2309 to pass G3928 by them.

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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 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:20 - Herod also G2532 added G4369 this G3778 to them all G3956: he locked G2623 John G2491 up G2623 in prison G5438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:38 - “Whether G2579 he comes G2064 in the [fn]second G1208 watch G5438, or G2579 even G2579 in the [fn]third G5154, and finds G2147 them so G3779, blessed G3107 are those G1565 slaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:58 - “For when G5613 you are going G5217 with your accuser G476 to appear before G1909 the magistrate G758, on the way G3598, make G1325 an effort G2039 to [fn]settle G525 with him, so G3379 that G3379 he does not drag G2694 you before G4314 the judge G2923, and the judge G2923 hand G3860 you over G3860 to the officer G4233, and the officer G4233 throw G906 you into prison G5438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 -

“But before G4253 all G3956 these G3778 things G3778, they will lay G1911 their hands G5495 on you and persecute G1377 you, turning G3860 you over G3860 to the synagogues G4864 and prisons G5438, [fn]bringing G520 you before G1909 kings G935 and governors G2232 on G6025 account G6025 of G6025 My name G3686.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:33 - But he said G3004 to Him, “Lord G2962, I am G1510 ready G2092 to go G4198 with You both G2532 to prison G5438 and to death G2288!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:19 - (He was one G3748 who G3748 had been thrown G906 into prison G5438 for a revolt G4714 that took G1096 place G1096 in the city G4172, and for murder G5408.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - And he released G630 the man G3588 for whom G3739 they were asking G154, who had been thrown G906 into prison G5438 for a revolt G4714 and murder G5408; but he handed G3860 Jesus G2424 over G3860 to their will G2307.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:24 - for John G2491 had not yet G3768 been G1510 thrown G906 into prison G5438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:19 - But during G1223 the night G3571 an angel G32 of the Lord G2962 opened G455 the gates G2374 of the prison G5438, and leading G1806 them out G1806, he said G3004,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:22 - But the officers G5257 who came G3854 did not find G2147 them in the prison G5438; and they returned G390 and reported G518,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:25 - But someone G5100 came G3854 and reported G518 to them, “The men G435 whom G3739 you put G5087 in prison G5438 are standing G2476 in the temple G2413 area and teaching G1321 the people G2992!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:3 - But Saul G4569 began ravaging G3075 the church G1577, entering G1531 house G3624 after G2596 house G3624; and he would drag G4951 away G4951 men G435 and women G1135 and put G3860 them in prison G5438.

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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 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:5 - So G3767 Peter G4074 was kept G5083 in the prison G5438, but prayer G4335 for him was being G1096 made G1096 to God G2316 [fn]intensely G1619 by the church G1577.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 -

On [fn]the very G1565 night G3571 when G3753 Herod G2264 was G3195 about G3195 to G3195 bring G4254 him forward G4254, Peter G4074 was sleeping G2837 between G3342 two G1417 soldiers G4757, bound G1210 with two G1417 chains G254, and guards G5441 in front G4253 of the door G2374 were watching G5083 over G5083 the prison G5438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:10 - Now G1161 when they had passed G1330 the first G4413 and second G1208 guard G5438, they came G2064 to the iron G4603 gate G4439 that leads G5342 into the city G4172, which G3748 opened G455 for them by G844 itself G844; and they went G1831 out G1831 and went G4281 along G4281 one G1520 street G4505, and immediately G2112 the angel G32 departed G868 from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:17 - But motioning G2678 to them with his hand G5495 to be silent G4601, he described G1334 to them how G4459 the Lord G2962 had led G1806 him out G1806 of the prison G5438. And he said G3004, “Report G518 these G3778 things G3778 to [fn]James G2385 and the brothers G80.” Then G2532 he left G1831 and went G4198 to another G2087 place G5117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:23 - When they had struck G2007 them with many G4183 blows G4127, they threw G906 them into prison G5438, commanding G3853 the jailer G1200 to guard G5083 them securely G806;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:24 - [fn]and he, having received G2983 such G5108 a command G3852, threw G906 them into the inner G2082 prison G5438 and fastened G805 their feet G4228 in the [fn]stocks G3586.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - When the jailer G1200 awoke G1853 and saw G3708 the prison G5438 doors G2374 opened G455, he drew G4685 his sword G3162 and was G3195 about G3195 to G3195 kill G337 himself G1438, thinking G3543 that the prisoners G1198 had escaped G1628.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:37 - But Paul G3972 said G5346 to them, “After beating G1194 us in public G1219 without G178 due G178 process G178—men G444 who are Romans G4514—they threw G906 us into prison G5438; and now G3568 they are releasing G1544 us secretly G2977? No G3756 indeed G1063! On the contrary G1161, let them come G2064 [fn]in person G846 and lead G1806 us out G1806.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:40 - They left G1831 the prison G5438 and entered G1525 the house of Lydia G3070, and when they saw G3708 the brothers G80 and sisters, they [fn]encouraged G3870 them and departed G1831.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:4 - “I persecuted G1377 this G3778 Way G3598 to the death G2288, binding G1195 and putting G3860 both G5037 men G435 and women G1135 into prisons G5438,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - “And this G3739 is [fn]just G2532 what G3739 I did G4160 in Jerusalem G2414; not G2532 G5037 only G2532 G5037 did I lock G2623 up G2623 many G4183 of the [fn]saints G40 in prisons G5438, after receiving G2983 authority G1849 from the chief G749 priests G749, but G5037 I also G5037 cast G2702 my vote G5586 against G2702 them when they were being put G337 to G337 death G337.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5 - in beatings G4127, in imprisonments G5438, in [fn]mob G181 attacks G181, in labors G2873, in sleeplessness G70, in hunger G3521,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - Are they servants G1249 of Christ G5547?—I am speaking G2980 as if insane G3912—I more G5228 so G5228; in far G4056 more G4056 labors G2873, in far G4056 more G4056 imprisonments G5438, [fn]beaten G4127 times G5234 without G5234 number G5234, often G4178 in danger of death G2288.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:36 - and others G2087 [fn]experienced G2983 G3984 mocking G1701 and flogging G3148, and further G2089, chains G1199 and imprisonment G5438.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:19 - in [fn]which G3739 He also G2532 went G4198 and made G2784 proclamation G2784 to the spirits G4151 in prison G5438,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10 - ‘Do not fear G5399 what G3739 you are about G3195 to G3195 suffer G3958. Behold G2400, the devil G1228 is about G3195 to G3195 throw G906 some of you into prison G5438, so G2443 that G2443 you will be tested G3985, and you will have G2192 tribulation G2347 for ten G1176 days G2250. [fn]Be faithful G4103 until G891 death G2288, and I will give G1325 you the crown G4735 of life G2222.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:2 - And he cried G2896 out G2896 with a mighty G2478 voice G5456, saying G3004, “[fn]Fallen G4098, fallen G4098 is Babylon G897 the great G3173! She has become G1096 a dwelling G2732 place G2732 of demons G1140 and a [fn]prison G5438 of every G3956 unclean G169 spirit G4151, and a [fn]prison G5438 of every G3956 unclean G169 and hateful G3404 bird G3732.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 -

When G3752 the thousand G5507 years G2094 are completed G5055, Satan G4567 will be released G3089 from his prison G5438,

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