Word

φύλαξ

phýlax · G5441 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

guard, sentinel

One who is responsible for guarding an area or a person

Examples
Acts 5:23 saying, “We found the prison locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
Acts 12:6 On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.
Acts 12:19 When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and was spending time there.

How it’s used In 2 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἵστημιto stand, to set 1
τηρέωto keep, to obey, to guard 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀνακρίνωto examine, to question 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

κουστωδία koustōdía · G2892 · guard: Both terms denote a guard or sentry. κουστωδία is a loanword denoting specifically a Roman military guard detail, while the target is the general Greek term for a watcher or sentry. This is a difference of register and specific institutional context rather than a difference in the basic guard role denoted.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Guard, sentinel37.121: Acts 12:6 recounts that Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, “and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison”.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

φυλάσσω phylássō · G5442 · to guard closely, to obey, to keep commandments · 31×φυλακή phylakḗ · G5438 · jail, prison, guard post · 46×φύλαξphýlax · G5441διαφυλάσσω diaphylássō · G1314 · to guard, to protect, to keep safe · 1×φυλακίζω phylakízō · G5439 · to imprison, imprisonment, to put in jail · 1×φυλακτήριον phylaktḗrion · G5440 · phylactery · 1×

Also from the root φυλάσσω

δεσμοφύλαξ desmophýlax · G1200 · jailer, prison guard · 3×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon φυλακός, ὁ (φυλάσσω), a guard, keeper: Acts 5:23; Acts 12:6, Acts 12:19. (From Homer…

φυλακός, ὁ (φυλάσσω), a guard, keeper: Acts 5:23; Acts 12:6, Acts 12:19. (From Homer down; the Sept. for שֹׁמֵר.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Guard, Watch Over3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0