ΦΥΛΑΚΑΙ, φυλακαι
PHYLAKAI, phylakai
Sounds Like: foo-LA-kai
Translations: guards, prisons, watches, custodies, (to) guards, (to) prisons, (to) watches, (to) custodies
From the root: ΦΥΛΑΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a guard, a watch (as in a period of time for guarding), a prison, or a place of custody. It can also refer to the act of guarding or keeping watch. In the provided examples, it appears in the plural, indicating multiple guards, watches, or places of confinement.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Accusative, or Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5438 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:52
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
- 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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