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Strong's Concordance G5438
φυλακή
A readable Greek dictionary entry from Strong's Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Greek form
- φυλακή
- Transliteration
- phulake
- Pronunciation
- {foo-lak-ay'}
- Occurrences
- Occurrences are not reviewed for this entry yet.
- Glosses
- from 5442; 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:--cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch.
- Related source reference
- see GREEK for 5442
- Strong’s number
- G5438
- Definition
- from 5442; 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:--cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary; CrossWire SWORD StrongsGreek module 2.0; historical public-domain lexicon wording preserved.
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<entryFree n="5438"> <orth>φυλακή</orth><lb/> <orth type="writing">fulakhv</orth> <orth rend="bold" type="trans">phulake</orth> <pron rend="italic">{foo-lak-ay'}</pron> <def> from 5442; 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:--cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch. <lb/> see GREEK for 5442 </def> </entryFree>