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ΦΥΛΑΚΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ, φυλακισθηναι
PHYLAKISTHĒNAI, phylakisthēnai
Sounds Like: foo-lah-kee-STHAY-nye
Translations: to be imprisoned, to be put in prison, to be kept in custody
From the root: ΦΥΛΑΚΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist passive infinitive form of the verb 'φυλακίζω' (phylakizō), meaning 'to imprison' or 'to put in prison'. As an infinitive, it functions like a verbal noun, often used after verbs like 'to be able' or 'to want', or to express purpose or result. In the passive voice, it indicates that the subject is the one being imprisoned, not the one doing the imprisoning.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5438 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 18:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 18:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΥΛΑΚΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΦΥΛΑΚΙΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were imprisoned, they were put in prison, they were jailed
- ΠΕΦΥΛΑΚΙΣΜΕΝΟΥΣ — imprisoned, those who have been imprisoned, having been imprisoned
- ΦΥΛΑΚΙΖΩ — to imprison, to put in prison, to confine
- ΦΥΛΑΚΙΖΩΝ — imprisoning, putting in prison, guarding, keeping in custody
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