φυλακτήριος
phulaktērios
“guard”
Definition
a watcher or sentry
from G5442 (φυλάσσω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
φυλακτήριος appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
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