Lexicon :: Strong's G5438 - phylakē

φυλακή

Transliteration

phylakē (Key)

Pronunciation

foo-lak-ay'

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From φυλάσσω (G5442)

Greek Inflections of φυλακή [?]

mGNT
47x in 8 unique form(s) TR
47x in 8 unique form(s) LXX
105x in 9 unique form(s)

φυλακαῖς — 3x

φυλακὰς — 2x

φυλακάς — 1x

φυλακὴ — 2x

φυλακῇ — 17x

φυλακὴν — 9x

φυλακήν — 7x

φυλακῆς — 6x

φυλακὰς — 2x

φυλακάς — 1x

φυλακαῖς — 3x

φυλακὴ — 3x

φυλακῇ — 17x

φυλακὴν — 9x

φυλακήν — 6x

φυλακῆς — 6x

φυλακαῗς — 1x

φυλακὰς — 29x

φυλακάς — 4x

φυλακὴ — 7x

φυλακή — 1x

φυλακῇ — 11x

φυλακὴν — 14x

φυλακήν — 4x

φυλακῆς — 34x

Dictionary Aids

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TDNT Reference: 9:241,1280

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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, ).

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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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

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

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Mat 5:25

Mat 5:25 - Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.^G5438

Mat 14:3

Mat 14:3 - For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison^G5438 for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

Mat 14:10

Mat 14:10 - And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.^G5438

Mat 14:25

Mat 14:25 - And in the fourth watch^G5438 of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

Mat 18:30

Mat 18:30 - And he would not: but went and cast him into prison,^G5438 till he should pay the debt.

Mat 24:43

Mat 24:43 - But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch^G5438 the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

Mat 25:36

Mat 25:36 - Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison,^G5438 and ye came unto me.

Mat 25:39

Mat 25:39 - Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison,^G5438 and came unto thee?

Mat 25:43

Mat 25:43 - I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison,^G5438 and ye visited me not.

Mat 25:44

Mat 25:44 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,^G5438 and did not minister unto thee?

Mar 6:17

Mar 6:17 - For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison^G5438 for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.

Mar 6:27

Mar 6:27 - And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,^G5438

Mar 6:48

Mar 6:48 - And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch^G5438 of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

Luk 2:8

Luk 2:8 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch^G5438 over their flock by night.

Luk 3:20

Luk 3:20 - Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.^G5438

Luk 12:38

Luk 12:38 - And if he shall come in the second watch,^G5438 or come in the third watch,^G5438 and find them so, blessed are those servants.

Luk 12:58

Luk 12:58 - When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.^G5438

Luk 21:12

Luk 21:12 - But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons,^G5438 being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

Luk 22:33

Luk 22:33 - And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison,^G5438 and to death.

Luk 23:19

Luk 23:19 - (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)^G5438

Luk 23:25

Luk 23:25 - And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison,^G5438 whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

Jhn 3:24

Jhn 3:24 - For John was not yet cast into prison.^G5438

Act 5:19

Act 5:19 - But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison^G5438 doors, and brought them forth, and said,

Act 5:22

Act 5:22 - But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison,^G5438 they returned, and told,

Act 5:25

Act 5:25 - Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison^G5438 are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

Act 8:3

Act 8:3 - As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.^G5438

Act 12:4

Act 12:4 - And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison,^G5438 and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

Act 12:5

Act 12:5 - Peter therefore was kept in prison:^G5438 but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

Act 12:6

Act 12:6 - And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.^G5438

Act 12:10

Act 12:10 - When they were past the first and the second ward,^G5438 they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

Act 12:17

Act 12:17 - But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison.^G5438 And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

Act 16:23

Act 16:23 - And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison,^G5438 charging the jailor to keep them safely:

Act 16:24

Act 16:24 - Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison,^G5438 and made their feet fast in the stocks.

Act 16:27

Act 16:27 - And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison^G5438 doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

Act 16:37

Act 16:37 - But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison;^G5438 and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

Act 16:40

Act 16:40 - And they went out of the prison,^G5438 and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

Act 22:4

Act 22:4 - And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons^G5438 both men and women.

Act 26:10

Act 26:10 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison,^G5438 having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

2Co 6:5

2Co 6:5 - In stripes, in imprisonments,^G5438 in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

2Co 11:23

2Co 11:23 - Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons^G5438 more frequent, in deaths oft.

Heb 11:36

Heb 11:36 - And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:^G5438

1Pe 3:19

1Pe 3:19 - By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;^G5438

Rev 2:10

Rev 2:10 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison,^G5438 that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Rev 18:2

Rev 18:2 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold^G5438 of every foul spirit, and a cage^G5438 of every unclean and hateful bird.

Rev 20:7

Rev 20:7 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,^G5438