ΦΥΛΑΚΗΝ, φυλακην
PHYLAKĒN, phylakēn
Sounds Like: foo-la-KAYN
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 the act of guarding or keeping, a place of custody like a prison, or a period of watching, such as a night watch. It can be used to describe a literal prison or a state of being held in custody. It can also refer to the act of keeping or observing something, like a command or a law.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5438 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 100:5
Aristeas
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 12:5
- Psalms — 38:2, 140:3
- Job — 7:12
- Sirach — 22:27, 26:10, 42:11
- Matthew — 5:25
- Mark — 6:48
- Luke — 22:33, 23:25
- John — 3:24
- Acts of the Apostles — 8:3, 12:10, 16:37
- Revelation — 2:10
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 9:209
- Book 4 — 7:170, 8:306, 8:309
- Book 5 — 1:57, 1:90, 1:98, 6:223, 8:241, 8:285
- Book 7 — 1:43, 5:110, 8:163
- Book 8 — 2:21, 7:190, 7:195, 12:290
- Book 9 — 7:146, 7:155, 7:157
- Book 10 — 11:256
- Book 11 — 5:156
- Book 12 — 1:8, 2:45
- Book 13 — 2:53, 16:417
- Book 14 — 4:65, 7:107, 11:278, 11:286
- Book 16 — 6:167
- Book 18 — 1:12, 3:84, 6:233, 9:356
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 21:12
- Book Three — 4:1, 7:120, 7:126, 7:188
- Book Four — 1:63, 2:23, 3:87, 4:51, 10:15
- Book Five — 12:20
- Book Six — 2:62
- Book Seven — 1:5, 1:17, 10:1
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 24:12
- Numbers — 1:53, 9:19, 9:23, 15:34
- 1 Kings — 2:3
- 2 Kings — 11:5, 11:6, 11:7
- 1 Chronicles — 12:29
- 2 Chronicles — 16:10
- Judith — 12:5
- Psalms — 38:2, 140:3
- Job — 7:12
- Sirach — 22:27, 26:10, 42:11
- Ezekiel — 19:9, 23:24, 40:45, 40:46
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 4:14, 4:22
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 5:25, 18:30
- Mark — 6:48
- Luke — 12:58, 22:33, 23:25
- John — 3:24
- Acts — 8:3, 12:4, 12:6, 12:10, 16:23, 16:24, 16:37
- Revelation — 2:10
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
- ΦΥΛΑΚΗ — 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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