ἨΦΥΛΑΚΗΝ, ἠφυλακην
ĒPHYLAKĒN, ēphylakēn
Sounds Like: ee-foo-LA-keen
Translations: guard, a guard, prison, a prison, watch, a watch, keeping, a keeping
From the root: ΦΥΛΑΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the noun 'φυλακή' (phylakē), which refers to a guard, a prison, a watch, or the act of keeping or guarding. The initial 'ἠ' (eta with rough breathing) is an augment, typically indicating a past tense or a specific grammatical form, though in this context, it's part of the noun's form. It is used to denote a place of confinement or the act of being on watch.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5438 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 11:39
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.
- 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
- ΦΥΛΑΚΗ — guard, a guard, prison, a prison, watch, a watch, custody, a custody, keeping, 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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