Strong G54382 sensesφυλακή

prison/watch: prison · prison/watch: watch

Transliteration
phulakē
Pronunciation
foo-lak-ay'

The 2 senses of Strong G5438

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong G5438 appears in 45 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. prison/watch: prisonG5438G39 verses · 9 books
  2. prison/watch: watchG5438H4 verses · Matthew, Mark, Luke

General definition

From G5442; a guarding or (concretely guard) the act the parson; figuratively the place the condition or (specifically) the time (as a division of day or night) literally or figuratively: - cage hold (im-) prison (-ment) ward watch.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • prison36
  • watch5
  • imprisonment2
  • cage1
  • hold1
  • in1
  • the1
  • ward1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:25
    Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
  2. Matthew 14:3
    For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
  3. Matthew 14:10
    And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
  4. Matthew 14:25
    And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
  5. Matthew 18:30
    And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
  6. Matthew 24:43
    But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
  7. Matthew 25:36
    Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
  8. Matthew 25:39
    Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
  9. Matthew 25:43
    I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
  10. Matthew 25:44
    Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
  11. Mark 6:17
    For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
  12. Mark 6:27
    And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
  13. Mark 6:48
    And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
  14. Luke 2:8
    And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
  15. Luke 3:20
    Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
  16. Luke 12:38
    And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
  17. Luke 12:58
    When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
  18. Luke 21:12
    But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
  19. Luke 22:33
    And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
  20. Luke 23:19
    (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)