ΦΥΛΑΚΗ, φυλακη
PHYLAKĒ, phylakē
Sounds Like: foo-LAH-kay
Translations: guard, a guard, prison, a prison, watch, a watch, custody, a custody, keeping, a keeping
From the root: ΦΥΛΑΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a guard, a place of confinement like a prison, or the act of guarding or keeping. It can also denote a watch or a period of time during which a watch is kept, such as a night watch. It is used to describe both the person who guards and the place or action of guarding.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5438 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 9:53, 13:12
- 4 Maccabees — 13:13, 18:11
- Psalms — 89:4
- Proverbs — 4:23, 20:28
- Sirach — 34:16
- Matthew — 14:3, 14:10, 14:25, 24:43, 25:36, 25:39, 25:43, 25:44
- Mark — 6:17
- Luke — 3:20, 12:38, 23:19
- Acts of the Apostles — 5:22, 5:25, 12:5
- 1 Peter — 3:19
- Revelation — 18:2
- Epistle of Barnabas — 15:4
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 6:136
- Book 3 — 2:50, 10:244
- Book 6 — 13:300, 14:366
- Book 8 — 14:390
- Book 9 — 4:83, 7:148, 7:155
- Book 10 — 7:102, 7:129
- Book 11 — 6:191
- Book 14 — 4:57
- Book 15 — 11:409
- Book 16 — 10:321, 11:386
- Book 17 — 4:82, 6:152, 9:221
- Book 18 — 1:16, 3:59, 6:230, 6:235, 8:267
- Book 19 — 1:38, 1:116
- Book 20 — 9:215
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 49:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 40:3, 40:4, 40:7, 41:10, 42:17, 42:19, 42:30
- Exodus — 14:24
- Numbers — 3:25, 3:31, 3:36, 4:28
- 1 Samuel — 11:11
- 1 Kings — 22:27
- 1 Chronicles — 9:27, 26:16, 26:18
- 1 Maccabees — 9:53, 13:12, 14:3
- 4 Maccabees — 13:13, 18:11
- Psalms — 89:4
- Proverbs — 4:23, 20:22
- Sirach — 31:19
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 14:3, 14:10, 14:25, 24:43, 25:36, 25:39, 25:43, 25:44
- Mark — 6:17, 6:28
- Luke — 3:20, 12:38, 23:19
- Acts — 5:22, 5:25, 12:5
- 1 Peter — 3:19
- Revelation — 18:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΥΛΑΚΗ.
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.
- ἨΦΥΛΑΚΗΝ — guard, a guard, prison, a prison, watch, a watch, keeping, a keeping
- ΦΥΛΑΚ — guard, a guard, watch, a watch, prison, a prison, custody, a custody, (of) a watch, (to) a watch
- ΦΥΛΑΚΑΙ — guards, prisons, watches, custodies, (to) guards, (to) prisons, (to) watches, (to) custodies
- ΦΥΛΑΚΑΙΣ — (to) a prison, (to) a guard, (to) a watch, (to) a watch-post, (to) a custody, (to) a keeping
- ΦΥΛΑΚΕΙ — to a prison, in a prison, to a guard, in a guard, to a watch, in a watch, to a custody, in a custody, to a keeping, in a keeping
- ΦΥΛΑΚΗΝ — guard, a guard, prison, a prison, watch, a watch, custody, a custody, keeping, a keeping
- ΦΥΛΑΚΗΣ — (of) guard, (of) prison, (of) watch, (of) custody, (of) a guard, (of) a prison, (of) a watch, (of) a custody
- ΦΥΛΑΚΙΑ — prison, a prison, guard, a guard, watch, a watch, custody, a custody, (of) a watch, (of) a guard, (of) a prison, (of) custody
- ΦΥΛΑΚ‾Η‾ — prison, a prison, guard, a guard, watch, a watch, custody, a custody, (into) prison, (into) custody, (into) a guard, (into) a watch
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