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GreekG5442Verb

φυλάσσω

phulassō

31Occurrences
G5442Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to watch, i.e. be on guard (literally of figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid

probably from G5443 (φυλή) through the idea of isolation;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to guard, watch; (a) to guard or watch: with cogn. accusative, φυλακάς; pass.,; (b) to guard or protect: with accusative,; ἑαυτὸν ἀπό, (Westc., in l); metaphorically of law, precept, etc., to keep, preserve, observe: . Mid., to be on one's guard (against), keep oneself from, beware of: with accusative.; ἵνα μή; as in LXX , of laws, etc., to keep, observe: ταῦτα πάντα.
Synonyms
τηρέω, q.v
LXX: chiefly and very frequently for שָׁמַר, also for נָצַר, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

φυλάσσω appears 31 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
8
Luke
6
2 Timothy
3
John
3
1 Timothy
2
2 Peter
2
1 John
1
2 Thessalonians
1

Key Passages

1 John 5:21BSB

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

2 Timothy 1:12BSB

For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

Acts 21:25BSB

As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”

John 12:25BSB

Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Luke 12:15BSB

And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

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