ΦΥΛΑΚΗΣ, φυλακης
PHYLAKĒS, phylakēs
Sounds Like: fy-LAH-kays
Translations: (of) guard, (of) prison, (of) watch, (of) custody, (of) a guard, (of) a prison, (of) a watch, (of) a custody
From the root: ΦΥΛΑΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of guarding, a place of confinement like a prison, or a period of watching, such as a night watch. It can also refer to the people who are guarding or keeping watch. In a sentence, it would typically be used to indicate possession or origin, such as 'of the guard' or 'belonging to the prison'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5438 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 14:7
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judges — 7:19
- 2 Esdras — 13:25
- Psalms — 129:6, 141:8
- Isaiah — 42:7
- Jeremiah — 39:2, 39:8, 39:12, 40:1, 44:4, 44:15, 44:18, 44:21, 45:6, 45:13, 45:28, 46:14, 46:15, 52:33
- Lamentations — 2:19
- Habakkuk — 2:1
- Acts of the Apostles — 5:19, 12:17, 16:27, 16:40
- Hebrews — 11:36
- Revelation — 20:7
- Epistle of Barnabas — 14:7
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 9:48
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:285, 8:309
- Book 5 — 2:171
- Book 6 — 8:163
- Book 9 — 4:82
- Book 11 — 3:50, 5:152, 5:176
- Book 14 — 9:169, 13:344
- Book 18 — 2:30, 4:102
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 4:32
- Judges — 7:19, 16:25
- 2 Samuel — 20:3
- 2 Kings — 17:4, 25:27, 25:29
- 1 Chronicles — 26:16, 26:18
- 2 Chronicles — 18:26
- Nehemiah — 3:25
- Psalms — 129:6, 141:8
- Isaiah — 42:7
- Jeremiah — 39:2, 39:8, 39:12, 40:1, 44:4, 44:15, 44:18, 44:21, 45:6, 45:13, 45:28, 46:14, 46:15, 52:33
- Lamentations — 2:19
- Habakkuk — 2:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΦΥΛΑΚΗΝ — guard, a guard, prison, a prison, watch, a watch, custody, a custody, keeping, a keeping
- 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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