G5441
G5441 — φύλαξ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
phulax (foo'-lax) n.
1. a guard or sentry
[from G5442]
KJV: keeper
Root(s): G5442
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
keeper
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φύλαξ, φυλακός, ὁ (φυλάσσω), a guard, keeper: Act 5:23; Act 12:6; Act 12:19. (From Homer down; the Sept. for ùÉÑîÅø.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φύλαξ (keeper)
Acts 5:23
- KJV: Saying The prison truly found we shut with all safety and the keepers standing without before the doors but when we had opened we found no man within
- GK: λέγοντες ότι το μεν δεσμωτήριον εύρομεν κεκλεισμένον εν πάση ασφαλεία και τους φύλακας εστώτας προ των θυρών ανοίξαντες δε έσω ουδένα εύρομεν
Acts 12:6
- KJV: And when Herod would have brought him forth the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers bound with two chains and the keepers before the door kept the prison
- GK: οτε δε έμελλε αυτόν προαγείν ο Ηρώδης τη νυκτί εκείνη ην ο Πέτρος κοιμώμενος μεταξύ δύο στρατιωτών δεδεμένος αλύσεσι δυσί φύλακές τε προ της θύρας ετήρουν την φυλακήν
Acts 12:19
- KJV: And when Herod had sought for him and found him not he examined the keepers and commanded that should be put to death And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea and abode
- GK: Ηρώδης επιζητήσας αυτόν και μη ευρών ανακρίνας τους φύλακας εκέλευσεν απαχθήναι και κατελθών από της Ιουδαίας εις την Καισάρειαν διέτριβεν