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Greek word study

φυλακήphylakḗ — a watching, guard, prison, imprisonment

a watching, keeping guard; a guard, prison; imprisonment.

Translated in the King James as: cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch

Appears 45 times in Scripture

Origin: from G5442 (φυλάσσω);

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Where it appears

Matthew — 10×

Matt 5:25 Matt 14:3 Matt 14:10 Matt 14:25 Matt 18:30 Matt 24:43 Matt 25:36 Matt 25:39 Matt 25:43 Matt 25:44

Mark — 3×

Mark 6:17 Mark 6:27 Mark 6:48

Luke — 8×

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 — 1×

Acts — 16×

Acts 5:19 Acts 5:22 Acts 5:25 Acts 8:3 Acts 12:4 Acts 12:5 Acts 12:6 Acts 12:10 Acts 12:17 Acts 16:23 Acts 16:24 Acts 16:27 Acts 16:37 Acts 16:40 Acts 22:4 Acts 26:10

2 Corinthians — 2×

2 Cor 6:5 2 Cor 11:23

Hebrews — 1×

1 Peter — 1×

Revelation — 3×

Rev 2:10 Rev 18:2 Rev 20:7

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.