ΦΡΟΥΡΑΣ, φρουρας
PHROURAS, phrouras
Sounds Like: phroo-RAS
Translations: of a guard, of a garrison, of a watch, of a prison, guard, garrison, watch, prison
From the root: ΦΡΟΥΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a guard, a garrison, a watch, or a prison. It can denote a body of soldiers stationed to guard a place, the act of guarding, or the place where one is guarded or confined. It is used to describe protection or custody.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5432 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Chronicles — 18:13
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 7:178
- Book 6 — 6:97
- Book 7 — 5:104
- Book 8 — 10:247, 15:393
- Book 13 — 2:42, 6:216, 8:247
- Book 14 — 12:298, 16:481
- Book 16 — 9:292
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 17:1, 19:7
- Book Two — 13:13, 16:34
- Book Three — 8:69
- Book Four — 1:72, 2:30, 4:79
- Book Five — 8:17, 9:36
- Book Seven — 4:28, 8:24
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 50:261
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Chronicles — 18:13
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.
- ΦΡΟΥΡΑ — guard, a guard, garrison, a garrison, watch, a watch, prison, a prison
- 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
- 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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