ΠΑΡΕΦΥΛΑΤΤΕΝ, παρεφυλαττεν
PAREPHYLATTEN, parephylatten
Sounds Like: par-eh-fy-LAHT-ten
Translations: he was guarding, he was watching over, he was observing, he was keeping, he was preserving
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΤΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition παρά (para), meaning 'beside' or 'alongside', and the verb φυλάττω (phylattō), meaning 'to guard' or 'to keep'. The compound verb means to guard carefully, to watch over, to observe, or to preserve. It describes an ongoing action of careful oversight or protection. In this form, it indicates that 'he' or 'she' was continuously performing this action in the past.
Inflection: Imperfect Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G3850 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 8:173
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΤΤΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΤΤΕΙ — he watches, he guards, he observes, he keeps watch
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΤΤΕΙΝ — to guard, to watch, to observe, to keep watch, to keep carefully
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΤΤΟΝΤΑΣ — guarding, watching, observing, keeping watch, taking heed
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΤΤΟΥΣΙΝ — they watch, they guard, they observe, they keep, they preserve
- ΠΑΡΑΦΥΛΑΤΤΩ — to watch closely, to guard carefully, to observe strictly, to keep, to maintain
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