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phulassō G5442

φυλάσσω (phulassō) means “to keep/guard: observe” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

φυλάσσω Greek · G5442 31 tagged occurrences in 31 verses

Pronunciation guide: foo-las'-so Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G5442G

φυλάσσω · phulassō · to keep/guard: observe

φυλάσσω [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for שָׁמַר, also for נָצַר, etc. ;] to guard, watch; (a) to guard or watch: with cogn. accusative, φυλακάς, Luk.2:8; with accusative of person(s), Act.12:4 28:16; pass., Luk.8:29, Act.23:35; with accusative of thing(s), Act.22:20; (b) to guard or protect: with accusative, Luk.11:21, Jhn.12:25 17:12, 2Th.3:3, 1Ti.6:20, 2Ti.1:12 1:14, 2Pe.2:5; ἑαυτὸν ἀπό, 1Jn.5:21 (Westc., in l); metaphorically of law, precept, etc., to keep, preserve, observe: Mat.19:20, Luk.11:28 18:21, Jhn.12:47, Act.7:53 16:4 21:24, Rom.2:26, Gal.6:13, 1Ti.5:21. Mid., to be on one's guard (against), keep oneself from, beware of: with accusative, Act.21:25, 2Ti.4:15; before ἀπό., Luk.12:15; ἵνα μή, 2Pe.3:17; as in LXX (Exo.12:17, Lev.18:4, al.), of laws, etc., to keep, observe: ταῦτα πάντα, Mrk.10:20 (cf. δια-φυάσσω).† SYN.: τηρέω, q.v (AS)

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TBESG · G5442H

φυλάσσω · phulassō · to keep/guard: guard

φυλάσσω [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for שָׁמַר, also for נָצַר, etc. ;] to guard, watch; (a) to guard or watch: with cogn. accusative, φυλακάς, Luk.2:8; with accusative of person(s), Act.12:4 28:16; pass., Luk.8:29, Act.23:35; with accusative of thing(s), Act.22:20; (b) to guard or protect: with accusative, Luk.11:21, Jhn.12:25 17:12, 2Th.3:3, 1Ti.6:20, 2Ti.1:12 1:14, 2Pe.2:5; ἑαυτὸν ἀπό, 1Jn.5:21 (Westc., in l); metaphorically of law, precept, etc., to keep, preserve, observe: Mat.19:20, Luk.11:28 18:21, Jhn.12:47, Act.7:53 16:4 21:24, Rom.2:26, Gal.6:13, 1Ti.5:21. Mid., to be on one's guard (against), keep oneself from, beware of: with accusative, Act.21:25, 2Ti.4:15; before ἀπό., Luk.12:15; ἵνα μή, 2Pe.3:17; as in LXX (Exo.12:17, Lev.18:4, al.), of laws, etc., to keep, observe: ταῦτα πάντα, Mrk.10:20 (cf. δια-φυάσσω).† SYN.: τηρέω, q.v (AS)

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TBESG · G5442I

φυλάσσω · phulassō · to keep/guard: protect

φυλάσσω [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for שָׁמַר, also for נָצַר, etc. ;] to guard, watch; (a) to guard or watch: with cogn. accusative, φυλακάς, Luk.2:8; with accusative of person(s), Act.12:4 28:16; pass., Luk.8:29, Act.23:35; with accusative of thing(s), Act.22:20; (b) to guard or protect: with accusative, Luk.11:21, Jhn.12:25 17:12, 2Th.3:3, 1Ti.6:20, 2Ti.1:12 1:14, 2Pe.2:5; ἑαυτὸν ἀπό, 1Jn.5:21 (Westc., in l); metaphorically of law, precept, etc., to keep, preserve, observe: Mat.19:20, Luk.11:28 18:21, Jhn.12:47, Act.7:53 16:4 21:24, Rom.2:26, Gal.6:13, 1Ti.5:21. Mid., to be on one's guard (against), keep oneself from, beware of: with accusative, Act.21:25, 2Ti.4:15; before ἀπό., Luk.12:15; ἵνα μή, 2Pe.3:17; as in LXX (Exo.12:17, Lev.18:4, al.), of laws, etc., to keep, observe: ταῦτα πάντα, Mrk.10:20 (cf. δια-φυάσσω).† SYN.: τηρέω, q.v (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) I guard, protect; mid: I am on my guard, (b) act. and mid. of customs and regulations: I keep, observe.

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How translators render G5442

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
guard 3
i have kept 3
keep 2
preserved 2
to guard 2
be kept under guard 1
be on your guard 1
guard yourselves 1
guards 1
have not kept it 1
in obedience 1
keep them 1
keeping 1
keeps 1
maintain 1
must abstain 1
obey it 1
should beware of 1
to be guarded 1
to keep 1
to obey 1
watching over 1
will keep 1
with 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
keep 7
to keep 3
beware 2
have i kept 2
kept 2
and keepest 1
for to keep 1
have 1
have i observed 1
he was kept 1
i have kept 1
keepeth 1
keeping 1
saved 1
shall keep 1
that kept 1
they keep 1
thou observe 1
to be kept 1
ware 1

Verses containing G5442

Page 1 of 1. 31 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 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”

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  2. Mark 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”

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  3. 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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  4. Luke 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.

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  5. Luke 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

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  6. Luke 11:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

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  7. Luke 12:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

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  8. Luke 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.

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  9. John 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

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  10. John 12:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

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  11. John 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

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  12. Acts 7:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

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  13. 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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  14. Acts 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

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  15. Acts 21:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.

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  16. Acts 21:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”

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  17. Acts 22:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

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  18. Acts 23:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.

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  19. Acts 28:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

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  20. Romans 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

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  21. Galatians 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

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  22. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

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  23. 1 Timothy 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.

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  24. 1 Timothy 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

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  25. 2 Timothy 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

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  26. 2 Timothy 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

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  27. 2 Timothy 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You too should beware of him, for he has vigorously opposed our message.

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  28. 2 Peter 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

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  29. 2 Peter 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.

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  30. 1 John 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

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  31. Jude 1:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

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