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phulakē G5438

φυλακή (phulakē) means “prison/watch: prison” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

φυλακή Greek · G5438 47 tagged occurrences in 45 verses

Pronunciation guide: foo-lak-ay' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G5438G

φυλακή · phulakē · prison/watch: prison

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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TBESG · G5438H

φυλακή · phulakē · prison/watch: watch

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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Dodson Greek Lexicon

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

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How translators render G5438

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
prison 27
jail 3
watch 3
imprisonments 2
watch of the night 2
a haunt 1
and imprisoned 1
cell 1
guards 1
imprisonment 1
prisons 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
prison 24
the prison 8
watch 6
prisons 2
the 2
a cage 1
imprisonment 1
imprisonments 1
in 1
in prison 1
into prisons 1
the hold 1
ward 1

Verses containing G5438

Page 1 of 1. 45 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 5:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

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  2. Matthew 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

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  3. Matthew 14:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

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  4. Matthew 14:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.

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  5. Matthew 18:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

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  6. Matthew 24:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

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  7. Matthew 25:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

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  8. Matthew 25:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’

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  9. Matthew 25:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after Me.’

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  10. Matthew 25:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

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  11. Mark 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

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  12. Mark 6:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

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  13. Mark 6:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,

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  14. Luke 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

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  15. Luke 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

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  16. Luke 12:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

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  17. Luke 12:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

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  18. Luke 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

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  19. Luke 22:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”

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  20. Luke 23:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    (Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

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  21. Luke 23:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over to their will.

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  22. John 3:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

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  23. Acts 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

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  24. Acts 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

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  25. Acts 5:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

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  26. Acts 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

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  27. Acts 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

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  28. Acts 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

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  29. Acts 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

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  30. Acts 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.

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  31. Acts 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

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  32. Acts 16:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

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  33. Acts 16:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

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  34. Acts 16:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.

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  35. Acts 16:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”

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  36. Acts 16:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.

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  37. Acts 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

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  38. Acts 26:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

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  39. 2 Corinthians 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;

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  40. 2 Corinthians 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

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  41. Hebrews 11:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

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  42. 1 Peter 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison

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  43. Revelation 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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  44. Revelation 18:2 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

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  45. Revelation 20:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,

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