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GreekG5438Noun (Feminine)

φυλακή

phulakē

45Occurrences
G5438Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from G5442 (φυλάσσω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(a) actively, a guarding, guard, watch (Hom., Plat., Xen.): cogn. accusative, φυλάσσειν φυλακάς, to keep watch; (b) of those who keep watch (as also Lat. custodia), a guard; pl., sentinels, a guard (Hom.): (with) of the place where persons are kept under guard, a prison (Hdt., Thuc.): , (d) of the time during which guard was kept by night (Lest. vigilia; Anthol.), a watch
LXX: chiefly for מִשְׁמֶרֶת and cogn. forms, also for כֶּלֶא etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

φυλακή appears 45 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
16
Matthew
10
Luke
8
Mark
3
Revelation
3
2 Corinthians
2
1 Peter
1
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 3:19BSB

in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison

Acts 16:24BSB

On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Acts 8:3BSB

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

Luke 23:25BSB

As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and handed Jesus over to their will.

Matthew 25:43BSB

I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.