φυλακή phulakē

Greek word for “prison/watch” · Strong’s G5438 · used 47 times in 45 verses

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Meaning

φυλακή, -ῆς, ἡ; (φυλάσσω);

Senses in the lexicon

• prison/watch: prison (42)
• prison/watch: watch (5)

How it is translated

Glosses given for phulakē in context, with how often each is used:

• prison 35
• watch 4
• prisons 3
• imprisonments 2
• guard 1
• imprisonment 1
• time of night 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 12 (5), Acts 16 (5), Matthew 25 (4), Matthew 14 (3), Mark 6 (3), Acts 5 (3), Luke 12 (2), Luke 23 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 18 (1)

Forms

• φυλακῇ 17
• φυλακὴν 11
• φυλακῆς 6
• φυλακήν 4
• φυλακαῖς 3
• φυλακὴ 3
• φυλακὰς 2
• φυλακάς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with phulakē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 10
• παραδίδωμι paradidōmi “to deliver” 7
• τε te “and/both” 7
• νύξ nux “night” 5
• Ἰωάννης Iōannēs “John” 5
• ἐξάγω exagō “to lead out” 3
• γυμνός gumnos “naked” 3
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 6
• πληγή plēgē “plague/blow/wound” 3
• θάνατος thanatos “death” 4
• κατακλείω katakleiō “to lock up” 2
• θύρα thura “door” 3

Key verses

The verses using phulakē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:25 — Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee…
• Luke 21:12 — But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings…
• Acts 5:19 — But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
• Acts 8:3 — As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
• Acts 12:4 — And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth…
• Acts 12:17 — But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these…
• Acts 16:23 — And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
• 2 Corinthians 6:5 — In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
• 2 Corinthians 11:23 — Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
• Hebrews 11:36 — And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
• Revelation 2:10 — Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation…
• Revelation 18:2 — And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.