Strong G8955προφυλακή
an advance guard
- Transliteration
- prophulakē
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
a guard in front; in plural outposts, videttes, piquets , (Xenophon Historicus); in singular, ἡ πρ. αὐτοῦ his advanced guard, (Xenophon Historicus); διὰ προφυλακῆς with an advanced guard , (Thucydides) (ML)