ΦΥΛΑΚΤΗΡΙΩΝ, φυλακτηριων
PHYLAKTĒRIŌN, phylaktēriōn
Sounds Like: foo-lak-tee-REE-ohn
Translations: of phylacteries, of amulets, of safeguards, of charms
From the root: ΦΥΛΑΚΤΗΡΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a protective device or charm, often worn on the body. In a religious context, it specifically denotes the small leather boxes containing scripture passages worn by Jewish men during prayer, known as phylacteries (tefillin). It can also refer more generally to amulets or safeguards.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5440 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 7:249
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΥΛΑΚΤΗΡΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΦΥΛΑΚΤΗΡ — amulet, charm, phylactery, a phylactery
- ΦΥΛΑΚΤΗΡΙΑ — phylacteries, amulets, charms
- ΦΥΛΑΚΤΗΡΙΟΝ — phylactery, a phylactery, amulet, an amulet, charm, safeguard
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