ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΣΣΕΙΝ, παραφυλασσειν
PARAPHYLASSEIN, paraphylassein
Sounds Like: pah-rah-foo-LAS-sein
Translations: to guard, to observe, to keep, to keep watch, to watch over
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'παρά' (beside, along) and 'φυλάσσω' (to guard, to watch). It means to guard carefully, to observe diligently, or to keep watch over something or someone. It implies a close and attentive form of guarding or observing, often with the purpose of protection or adherence to a rule.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3939 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΣΣΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΞΑΙ — to guard, to watch, to observe carefully, to keep watch over
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΞΑΝΤΕΣ — having watched, having observed, having guarded, watching, observing, guarding
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΞΑΣ — watching, guarding, observing, keeping watch, having watched, having guarded
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΞΟΝΤΑ — to guard, to watch over, to observe, to keep, to preserve
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΞΟΝΤΩΝ — of those who will guard, of those who will watch over, of those who will keep watch, of those who will observe carefully
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΞΟΥΣΙΝ — they will guard, they will watch carefully, they will observe
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΣΣΟΝΤΑΣ — guarding, watching, observing, those who guard, those who watch, those who observe
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΣΣΟΝΤΕΣ — guarding, watching, observing, keeping watch, carefully observing
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΣΣΟΝΤΩΝ — of guarding, of watching, of observing, of keeping watch over
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΣΣΩ — to guard, to watch, to observe carefully, to keep
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΣΣΩΝ — watching closely, guarding carefully, observing, a watcher, a guard
- ΠΑΡΕΦΥΛΑΣΣΕΤΟ — he was guarded, he was watched, he was kept, he was observed
- ΠΑΡΕΦΥΛΑΤΤΟΝ — they were guarding, they were watching, they were observing, they were keeping watch, they were guarding carefully
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