ΦΡΟΥΡΑ, φρουρα
PHROURA, phroura
Sounds Like: PHROU-rah
Translations: guard, a guard, garrison, a garrison, watch, a watch, prison, a prison
From the root: ΦΡΟΥΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a guard, a body of guards, a garrison, or a place of confinement like a prison. It can also refer to the act of guarding or keeping watch. It is used to describe military protection or a place where someone is held under guard.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5432 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 15:403
- Book 9 — 4:54
- Book 13 — 5:155
- Book 15 — 3:72, 7:203
- Book 16 — 10:317
- Book 19 — 7:325
Josephus' The Jewish War
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 6:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 10:75
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΡΟΥΡΑ.
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.
- ΦΡΟΥΡΑΙ — guards, watches, prisons, custodies
- ΦΡΟΥΡΑΙΣ — guards, garrisons, prisons, watch, a watch, a guard, a garrison, a prison
- ΦΡΟΥΡΑΝ — guard, a guard, garrison, a garrison, watch, a watch, custody, a custody
- ΦΡΟΥΡΑΣ — of a guard, of a garrison, of a watch, of a prison, guard, garrison, watch, prison
- ΦΡΟΥΡΕΑΣ — of a guard, of a watch, of a garrison, of a fortress, of a prison
- ΦΡΟΥΡΙΝ — garrison, a garrison, guard, a guard, prison, a prison, watch, a watch
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