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Strong's G1314 διαφυλάσσω (diaphylasso)

Diaphylasso means “keep” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1314 — besem (“spice”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1314
Language Greek
Linked Usages 29
Books 15

Strong's G1314 Quick Answer

Strong's G1314 διαφυλάσσω (diaphulasso) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. diaphulasso (dee-af-oo-las'-so) v. 1. to guard thoroughly, i.e. protect [from G1223 and G5442] It has 29 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include keep. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
diaphulasso (dee-af-oo-las'-so) v. 1. to guard thoroughly, i.e. protect [from G1223 and G5442]
Usage
29 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
keep

Meaning and Definition

diaphulasso (dee-af-oo-las'-so) v. 1. to guard thoroughly, i.e. protect [from G1223 and G5442] KJV: keep Root(s): G1223, G5442

Original Word
διαφυλάσσω
Transliteration
diaphulasso
Derivation
Root: φυλάσσω R1: 1223 R2: 5442
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1314. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to protect

Usage: δια-φυλάσσω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁמַר (as Psa.91:11) ;] to guard carefully (M, Pr., 116), defend: with accusative, Luk.4:10 (LXX).† (AS)

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How Strong's G1314 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render diaphulasso, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

keep Luke 4:10

How Strong's G1314 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 15 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1314 (διαφυλάσσω) appears 28 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1314 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1314 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Luke 4:10 KJV

For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

Strong's G1314 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

15 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 28:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And behold I am with thee to preserve thee continually in all the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will bring thee back to this land; for I will not desert thee, until I have done all that I have said to thee.

Genesis 28:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Leviticus 19:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And if anyone lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, and her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited with punishment; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty.

Strong's G1314 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

13 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 7:12 Septuagint / Brenton

Remain in thy camp, and keep all the men of thine army, and let thy servants get into their hands the fountain of water, which issueth forth of the foot of the mountain:

Judith 11:13 Septuagint / Brenton

and are resolved to spend the firstfruits of the corn, and the tenths of wine and oil, which they had sanctified, and reserved for the priests that serve in Jerusalem before the face of our God; the which things it is not lawful for any of the people so much as to touch with their hands.

Judith 13:16 Septuagint / Brenton

As the Lord liveth, who hath kept me in my way that I went, my countenance hath deceived him to his destruction, and yet hath he not committed sin with me, to defile and shame me.

Usage Excerpts

First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1314.

Genesis 28:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold I am with thee to preserve thee continually in all the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will bring thee back to this land; for I will not desert thee, until I have done all that I have said to thee.
Genesis 28:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Leviticus 19:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, and her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited with punishment; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty.
Deuteronomy 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass when ye shall have heard these ordinances, and shall have kept and done them, that the Lord thy God shall keep for thee the covenant and the mercy, which he swore to your fathers.
Deuteronomy 32:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He maintained him in the wilderness, In burning thirst and a dry land: He led him about and instructed him, And kept him as the apple of an eye.
Joshua 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord our God, he is God; he brought up us and our fathers from Egypt, and kept us in all the way wherein we walked, and among all the nations through whom we passed.
Job 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; Only save his life.
Psalms 30:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast hated them that idly persist in vanities: But I have hoped in the Lord.
Psalms 40:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, And not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.
Psalms 90:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.
Proverbs 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That he may guard the righteous ways: And he will preserve the way of them that fear him.
Proverbs 6:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from the calumny of a strange tongue.
Jeremiah 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will God’s anger continue forever, or be preserved to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done these bad things, and hadst power to do them.
Hosea 12:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Zechariah 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord Almighty; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and take heed to my charges, then shalt thou judge my house: and if thou wilt diligently keep my court, then will I give thee men to walk in the midst of these that stand here.
Luke 4:10 New Testament, KJV
For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
Judith 7:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Remain in thy camp, and keep all the men of thine army, and let thy servants get into their hands the fountain of water, which issueth forth of the foot of the mountain:
Judith 11:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and are resolved to spend the firstfruits of the corn, and the tenths of wine and oil, which they had sanctified, and reserved for the priests that serve in Jerusalem before the face of our God; the which things it is not lawful for any of the people so much as to touch with their hands.
Judith 13:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As the Lord liveth, who hath kept me in my way that I went, my countenance hath deceived him to his destruction, and yet hath he not committed sin with me, to defile and shame me.
2 Maccabees 1:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
receive the sacrifice for thy whole people Israel, and preserve thine own portion, and sanctify it.
2 Maccabees 3:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But the priests, prostrating themselves before the altar in their priests’ vestments, called unto heaven upon him that made a law concerning things given to be kept, that they should safely be preserved for such as had committed them to be kept.
2 Maccabees 3:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They then called upon the Almighty Lord to keep the things committed of trust safe and sure for those that had committed them.
2 Maccabees 6:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither was it lawful for a man to keep Sabbath days or ancient feasts, or to profess himself at all to be a Jew.
2 Maccabees 10:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and took Maccabeus between them, and covered him on every side with their weapons, and kept him safe, but shot arrows and lightnings against the enemies: so that being confounded with blindness, and full of trouble, they were killed.
2 Maccabees 15:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judas, who was ever the chief defender of the citizens both in body and mind, and who continued his love toward his countrymen all his life, commanded to strike off Nicanor’s head, and his hand with his shoulder, and bring them to Jerusalem.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
She preserved the first formed father of the world, That was created alone, And brought him out of his fall,
Wisdom of Solomon 10:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
She defended him from his enemies, And kept him safe from those that lay in wait, And in a sore conflict she gave him the victory; That he might know that godliness is stronger than all.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: But noises as of waters falling down sounded about them, And sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.
Wisdom of Sirach 41:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore be shamefaced according to my word: For it is not good to retain all shamefacedness; Neither is it altogether approved in everything.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1314, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1314 FAQ

What does diaphylasso (διαφυλάσσω) mean?

Diaphylasso (Strong's G1314) is a Greek word most simply glossed "keep". diaphulasso (dee-af-oo-las'-so) v. 1. to guard thoroughly, i.e. protect [from G1223 and G5442]

How many times is diaphylasso (διαφυλάσσω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's G1314 across 15 books.

Where can I study diaphylasso (διαφυλάσσω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1314 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate diaphylasso (διαφυλάσσω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as keep. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1314 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 15 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 13 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1314, with linked reader references where each row is available.