G5438 · φυλακή
phylakḗ · prison, watch, guard
G5438 (phylakḗ) is the Greek word φυλακή in Strong’s dictionary: a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person. It appears 47 times in 45 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- φυλακή (Greek)
- Transliteration
- phylakḗ
- Derivation
- from G5442 (φυλάσσω);
- Definition
- a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
- Rendered in the KJV
- cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
47 occurrences in 45 verses (43 with English words of their own, 4 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “prison” ×27
- “jail” ×3
- “watch” ×3
- “imprisonments” ×2
- “watch of the night” ×2
- “a haunt” ×1
- “and imprisoned” ×1
- “cell” ×1
By book
Matthew 10 · Mark 3 · Luke 8 · John 1 · Acts 16 · 2 Corinthians 2 · Hebrews 1 · 1 Peter 1 · Revelation 3
First 30 of 45 verses
- Matthew 5:25
- Matthew 14:3
- Matthew 14:10
- Matthew 14:25
- Matthew 18:30
- Matthew 24:43
- Matthew 25:36
- Matthew 25:39
- Matthew 25:43
- Matthew 25:44
- Mark 6:17
- Mark 6:27
- Mark 6:48
- Luke 2:8
- Luke 3:20
- Luke 12:38
- Luke 12:58
- Luke 21:12
- Luke 22:33
- Luke 23:19
- Luke 23:25
- John 3:24
- Acts 5:19
- Acts 5:22
- Acts 5:25
- Acts 8:3
- Acts 12:4
- Acts 12:5
- Acts 12:6
- Acts 12:10
Related words
Numbers that share a root with G5438.