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Strong's G5438 φυλακή (phylake)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5438 — cibbah (“cause”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5438
Language Greek
Linked Usages 151
Books 35

Strong's G5438 Quick Answer

Strong's G5438 φυλακή (phulake) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. phulake (foo-lak-ay') n. 1. a guarding 2. (concretely) guard (the act, the person) It has 151 linked Bible usages across 35 books. Visible English usage signals include time. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
phulake (foo-lak-ay') n. 1. a guarding 2. (concretely) guard (the act, the person)
Usage
151 linked usages
Books
35 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
time

Meaning and Definition

phulake (foo-lak-ay') n. 1. a guarding 2. (concretely) guard (the act, the person) 3. (figuratively) the place, the condition 4. (specially) the time (as a division of day or night) {literally or figuratively} [from G5442] KJV: cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch Root(s): G5442

Original Word
φυλακή
Transliteration
phulake
Derivation
Root: φυλάσσω R1: 5442
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5438. 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)

prison/watch: prison

Usage: φυλακή, -ῆς, ἡ (φυλάσσω) [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁמֶרֶת and cogn. forms, also for כֶּלֶא etc. ;] __(a) actively, a guarding, guard, watch (Hom., Plat., Xen., al.): cogn. accusative, φυλάσσειν φυλακάς, to keep watch, Luk.2:8; __(b) of those who keep watch (as also Lat. custodia), a guard; pl., sentinels, a guard (Hom., al.): Act.12:10; __(with) of the place where persons are kept under guard, a prison (Hdt., Thuc., al.): Mat.14:10, Mrk.6:17, Luk.3:20, Act.5:19, 2Co.6:5, 1Pe.3:19, Rev.18:2, al.;

__(d) of the time during which guard was kept by night (Lest. vigilia; Anthol.), a watch: Mat.14:25 24:43, Mrk.6:48, Luk.12:38 (AS)

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How Strong's G5438 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render phulake, 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.

How Strong's G5438 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. 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 93 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.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5438 (φυλακή) appears 116 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5438 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 G5438 in the New Testament

45 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 5:25 KJV

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 to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Matthew 14:3 KJV

For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

Matthew 14:10 KJV

And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

Strong's G5438 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

93 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 40:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led.

Genesis 40:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And the chief keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph, and he stood by them; and they were some days in the prison.

Genesis 40:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And he asked the eunuchs of Pharaoh who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad today?

Strong's G5438 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

12 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G5438 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5438.

Genesis 40:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led.
Genesis 40:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph, and he stood by them; and they were some days in the prison.
Genesis 40:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he asked the eunuchs of Pharaoh who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad today?
Genesis 41:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker.
Genesis 42:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put them in prison three days.
Genesis 42:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If ye be peaceable, let one of your brethren be detained in prison; but go ye, and carry back the corn ye have purchased.
Genesis 42:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The man, the lord of the land, spoke harsh words to us, and put us in prison as spies of the land.
Exodus 14:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the morning watch that the Lord looked forth on the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and troubled the camp of the Egyptians,
Leviticus 24:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they put him in ward, to judge him by the command of the Lord.
Numbers 1:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But let the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of witness fronting it, and so there shall be no sin among the children of Israel; and the Levites themselves shall keep the guard of the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the tabernacle.
Numbers 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall keep all the furniture of the tabernacle of witness, and the charges of the children of Israel as to all the works of the tabernacle.
Numbers 3:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of witness was the tent and the veil, and the covering of the door of the tabernacle of witness,
Numbers 3:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.
Numbers 3:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works.
Numbers 3:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief over the chief of the Levites, was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.
Numbers 3:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari included the chapiters of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all their furniture, and their works,
Numbers 3:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die.
Numbers 4:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the service of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Numbers 4:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and there shall be their sockets, and they shall bear the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take ye their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them.
Numbers 8:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep charges, but he shall not do works: so shalt thou do to the Levites in their charges.
Numbers 9:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whenever the cloud shall be drawn over the tabernacle for many days, then the children of Israel shall keep the charge of God, and they shall not remove.
Numbers 9:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they shall depart by the command of the Lord—they kept the charge of the Lord by the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 15:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they placed him in custody, for they did not determine what they should do to him.
Numbers 18:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall keep thy charges, and the charges of the tabernacle; only they shall not approach the holy vessels and the altar, so both they and you shall not die.
Numbers 18:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall be joined to thee, and shall keep the charges of the tabernacle of witness, in all the services of the tabernacle; and a stranger shall not approach to thee.
Numbers 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall keep the charges of the holy things, and the charges of the altar, and so there shall not be anger among the children of Israel.
Numbers 31:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from the half belonging to the children of Israel thou shalt take one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses, and from all the cattle; and thou shalt give them to the Levites that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord.
Numbers 31:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses took of the half belonging to the children of Israel the fiftieth part, of men and of cattle, and he gave them to the Levites who keep the charges of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Judges 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon and the hundred men that were with him came to the extremity of the army in the beginning of the middle watch; and they completely roused the guards, and sounded with the horns, and they broke the pitchers that were in their hands,
Judges 16:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Samson out of the prison house, and let him play before us: and they called Samson out of the prison house, and he played before them; and they smote him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.
1 Kingdoms 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Saul divided the people into three companies, and they go into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and they smote the children of Ammon until the day was hot; and it came to pass that those who were left were scattered, and there were not left among them two together.
2 Kingdoms 20:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David went into his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and he put them in a place of custody, and maintained them, and went not in to them; and they were kept living as widows, till the day of their death.
3 Kingdoms 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep the commandments and the ordinances and the judgments which are written in the law of Moses; that thou mayest understand what thou shalt do in all things that I command thee:
3 Kingdoms 22:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and tell Joash the king’s son to put this fellow in prison, and to feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace.
4 Kingdoms 11:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And charged them, saying, This is the thing which ye shall do.
4 Kingdoms 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let a third part of you go in on the Sabbath day, and keep ye the watch of the king’s house in the porch; and another third in the gate of the high way, and a third at the gate behind the footmen; and keep ye the guard of the house.
4 Kingdoms 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be two parties among you, even everyone that goes out on the Sabbath, and they shall keep the guard of the Lord’s house before the king.
4 Kingdoms 17:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of the Assyrians found iniquity in Hoshea, in that he sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought not a tribute to the king of the Assyrians in that year: and the king of the Assyrians besieged him, and bound him in the prison house.
4 Kingdoms 25:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the carrying away of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him out of his prison house.
4 Kingdoms 25:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life.
1 Chronicles 9:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren belonging to the house of his father, the Korahites were over the works of the service, keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the camp of the Lord, keeping the entrance.
1 Chronicles 9:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the charge was upon them, and these were charged with the keys to open the doors of the temple every morning.
1 Chronicles 12:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of the sons of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: and still the greater part of them kept the guard of the house of Saul.
1 Chronicles 23:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 26:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They gave the lot for the second to Hosah westward, after the gate of the chamber by the ascent, watch against watch.
2 Chronicles 7:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priests were standing at their watches, and the Levites with instruments of music of the Lord, belonging to King David, to give thanks before the Lord, for his mercy endures forever, with the hymns of David, by their ministry: and the priests were blowing the trumpets before them, and all Israel standing.
2 Chronicles 8:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he established, according to the order of his father David, the courses of the priests, and that according to their public ministrations: and the Levites were appointed over their charges, to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily order: and the porters were appointed according to their courses to the different gates: for thus were the commandments of David the man of God.
2 Chronicles 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
they sacrifice to the Lord whole burnt offering, morning and evening, and compound incense, and set the showbread on the pure table; and there is the golden candlestick, and the lamps for burning, to light in the evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord God of our fathers; but ye have forsaken him.
2 Chronicles 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Asa was angry with the prophet, and put him in prison, for he was angry at this: and Asa vexed some of the people at that time.
2 Chronicles 18:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and ye shall say, Thus said the king, Put this fellow into the prison house, and let him eat the bread of affliction, and drink the water of affliction, until I return in peace.
2 Chronicles 23:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let not anyone enter into the house of the Lord, except the priests and the Levites, and the servants of the Levites; they shall enter in, because they are holy: and let all the people keep the watch of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 35:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he appointed the priests at their charges, and encouraged them for the services of the house of the Lord.
Nehemiah 3:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
Nehemiah 12:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
Nehemiah 12:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
Job 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Am I a sea, or a serpent, That thou hast set a watch over me?
Job 35:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But none said, Where is God that made me, Who appoints the night watches;
Psalms 38:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, While the sinner stood in my presence.
Psalms 76:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All mine enemies set a watch against me: I was troubled, and spoke not.
Psalms 89:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For a thousand years in thy sight are As the yesterday which is past, And as a watch in the night.
Psalms 129:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My soul has hoped in the Lord; From the morning watch till night.
Psalms 140:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, And a strong door about my lips.
Psalms 141:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Bring my soul out of prison, That I may give thanks to thy name, O Lord; The righteous shall wait for me, until thou recompense me.
Proverbs 4:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Keep thy heart with the utmost care; For out of these are the issues of life.
Proverbs 20:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And will surround his throne with righteousness.
Isaiah 42:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring the bound and them that sit in darkness out of bonds and the prison house.
Jeremiah 28:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up a standard on the walls of Babylon, prepare the quivers, rouse the guards, prepare the weapons: for the Lord has taken the work in hand, and will execute what he has spoken against the inhabitants of Babylon,
Jeremiah 39:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the host of the king of Babylon had made a rampart against Jerusalem: and Jeremiah was kept in the court of the prison, which is in the king’s house;
Jeremiah 39:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Hanamel the son of Shallum my father’s brother came to me into the court of the prison, and said, Buy thee my field that is in the land of Benjamin, in Anathoth: for thou hast a right to buy it, and thou art the elder. So I knew that it was the word of the Lord.
Jeremiah 39:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my father’s brother’s son, and in the sight of the men that stood by and wrote in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of the Jews that were in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 40:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, when he was yet bound in the court of the prison, saying,
Jeremiah 44:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Jeremiah came and went through the midst of the city: for they had not put him into the house of the prison.
Jeremiah 44:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the princes were very angry with Jeremiah, and smote him, and sent him into the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made this a prison.
Jeremiah 44:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jeremiah said to the king, Wherein have I wronged thee, or thy servants, or this people, that thou puttest me in prison?
Jeremiah 44:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the king commanded, and they cast him into the prison, and gave him a loaf a day out of the place where they bake, until the bread failed out of the city. So Jeremiah continued in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 45:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the court of the prison; and they let him down into the pit: and there was no water in the pit, but mire: and he was in the mire.
Jeremiah 45:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they drew him with the ropes, and lifted him out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 45:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison, until the time when Jerusalem was taken.
Jeremiah 46:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and gave him in charge to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan: and they brought him out, and he sat in the midst of the people.
Jeremiah 46:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in the court of the prison, saying,
Jeremiah 52:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days that he lived.
Lamentations 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Arise, rejoice in the night At the beginning of thy watch: Pour out thy heart as water Before the face of the Lord: Lift up thy hands to him For the life of thine infants, Who faint for hunger At the top of all the streets.
Ezekiel 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they put him in chains and in a cage, and he came to the king of Babylon; and he cast him into prison, that his voice should not be heard on the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 23:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they all shall come upon thee from the north, chariots and wheels, with a multitude of nations, shields and targets; and the enemy shall set a watch against thee round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall take vengeance on thee with their judgments.
Ezekiel 40:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, This chamber that looks to the south, is for the priests that keep the charge of the house.
Ezekiel 40:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chamber that looks to the north is for the priests that keep the charge of the altar: they are the sons of Zadok, those of the tribe of Levi who draw near to the Lord to serve him.
Ezekiel 44:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and ye appointed others to keep the charges in my sanctuary.
Ezekiel 44:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall bring them to keep the charges of the house, for all the service of it, and for all that they shall do.
Ezekiel 44:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charges of my sanctuary when the house of Israel went astray from me, these shall draw nigh to me to minister to me, and shall stand before my face, to offer sacrifice to me, the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 44:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These shall enter into my sanctuary, and these shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charges.
Ezekiel 48:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for the priests, for the consecrated sons of Zadok, who keep the charges of the house, who erred not in the error of the children of Israel, as the Levites erred.
Habakkuk 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will stand upon my watch, and mount upon the rock, and watch to see what he will say by me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Matthew 5:25 New Testament, KJV
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 to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Matthew 14:3 New Testament, KJV
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
Matthew 14:10 New Testament, KJV
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
Matthew 14:25 New Testament, KJV
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
Matthew 18:30 New Testament, KJV
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
Matthew 24:43 New Testament, KJV
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Matthew 25:36 New Testament, KJV
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Matthew 25:39 New Testament, KJV
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Matthew 25:43 New Testament, KJV
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Matthew 25:44 New Testament, KJV
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Mark 6:17 New Testament, KJV
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
Mark 6:27 New Testament, KJV
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
Mark 6:48 New Testament, KJV
And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
Luke 2:8 New Testament, KJV
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luke 3:20 New Testament, KJV
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
Luke 12:38 New Testament, KJV
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Luke 12:58 New Testament, KJV
When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Luke 21:12 New Testament, KJV
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 and rulers for my name's sake.
Luke 22:33 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
Luke 23:19 New Testament, KJV
(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
Luke 23:25 New Testament, KJV
And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
John 3:24 New Testament, KJV
For John was not yet cast into prison.
Acts 5:19 New Testament, KJV
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
Acts 5:22 New Testament, KJV
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,
Acts 5:25 New Testament, KJV
Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
Acts 8:3 New Testament, KJV
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 New Testament, KJV
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 to the people.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5438, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 20 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 10 usages, New Testament
Mark 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 8 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 16 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 3 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G5438 FAQ

What does phylake (φυλακή) mean?

Phylake (Strong's G5438) is a Greek word most simply glossed "cage". phulake (foo-lak-ay') n. 1. a guarding 2. (concretely) guard (the act, the person)

How many times is phylake (φυλακή) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 151 linked usages for Strong's G5438 across 35 books.

Where can I study phylake (φυλακή) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5438 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate phylake (φυλακή)?

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

Does Strong's G5438 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 93 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 12 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G5438, with linked reader references where each row is available.