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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.)
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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 man says to him, All these things have I done: what more is there?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:20 - And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:8 - And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in the fields, watching over their flock by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:21 - When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:28 - But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:15 - And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:21 - And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:25 - He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:47 - And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12 - While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:53

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:53 - You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:4 - And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:24 - Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - But as to the Gentiles who have the faith, we sent a letter, giving our decision that they were to keep themselves from offerings made to false gods, and from blood, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from the evil desires of the body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35 - I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:16 - And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:26 - If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:13 - Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:3 - But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:21 - I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:20 - O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:12 - And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:14 - That good thing which was given to you keep safe, through the Holy Spirit which is in us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:15 - But be on the watch for him, for he was violent in his attacks on our teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:5 - And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:17 - For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:21 - My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:24 - Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,
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