Strong G5441φύλαξ
guard; keeper
- Transliteration
- phulax
- Pronunciation
- foo'-lax
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G5442; a watcher or sentry: - keeper.
Detailed definition
φύλαξ, -ακος, ὁ, a guard or keeper (Acts 5:23; 12:6, 19).
In the Bible
Strong G5441 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- keeper3
First verses
- Acts 5:23Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
- Acts 12:6And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
- Acts 12:19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φῠλᾰκ-τήριος, α, ον,
serving as a protection, τὰ περί τι φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 842d)], φῠλᾰκ-της, ου, ὁ, one who preserves, τῶν ἰδίων ἐθῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.577 (_plural_), sed to be read -τικοί.)]
II ={φυλακτήρ}, a magistrate at Cumae, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.291f.)]
serving as a protection, τὰ περί τι φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 842d)], φῠλᾰκ-της, ου, ὁ, one who preserves, τῶν ἰδίων ἐθῶν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.577 (_plural_), sed to be read -τικοί.)]
II ={φυλακτήρ}, a magistrate at Cumae, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.291f.)]