ΦΥΛΑΞʼ, φυλαξʼ
PHYLAXʼ, phylaxʼ
Sounds Like: FOO-laks
Translations: guard, a guard, keeper, a keeper, watchman, a watchman
From the root: ΦΥΛΑΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a person who guards, watches over, or keeps something. It can be used to describe a sentinel, a protector, or someone entrusted with the care of something. The apostrophe at the end (keraia) indicates that this word is being used as a numeral, specifically the number 5000 (φ = 500, λ = 30, α = 1, ξ = 60, so φλαξ = 591, but the keraia indicates it's a number). However, given the context, it is more likely a coronis indicating an elision, or simply a scribal mark, and the word is intended to be the nominative singular form of 'guard'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5441 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 2:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΥΛΑΞ.
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.
- ΟΙΦΥΛΑΚΕΣ — the guards, the watchmen, the keepers
- ΤΑΣΦΥΛΑΚΑΣ — the guards, the watchmen, the sentinels
- ΤΩΝΦΥΛΑΚΩΝ — of the guards, of the watchmen, of the keepers
- ΦΥΛΑΚΑΣ — guards, watchmen
- ΦΥΛΑΚΕΣ — guards, watchmen, keepers
- ΦΥΛΑΚΟΣ — of a guard, of a keeper, of a watchman
- ΦΥΛΑΚΩΝ — of guards, of watchmen, of keepers
- ΦΥΛΑΞ — guard, a guard, watchman, a watchman, keeper, a keeper
- ΦΥΛΑΞΙ — (to) guards, (to) keepers, (to) watchmen
- ΦΥΛΑΞΙΝ — to guards, to keepers, to watchmen, to preservers
- ΦΥΛΑΣ — guard, a guard, watchman, a watchman
- ΦΥΛΑΣΙΝ — (to) guards, (to) keepers, (to) watchmen
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