Gloss
prison, jail, haunt; guard; watch (of the night)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
φυλακή, -ῆς, ἡ
Greek transliteration
phylakē
Simplified transliteration
phylake
Numbers
Strong's number
5438
GK Number
5871
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
47
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1b
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for φυλακή
| Matthew 5:25 | Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are still with him on the way to court, or your accuser may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be thrown into prison (phylakēn | φυλακήν | acc sg fem). |
| Matthew 14:3 | For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem) because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip; |
| Matthew 14:10 | So he sent and had John beheaded in the prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem). |
| Matthew 14:25 | And in the fourth watch (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem) of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. |
| Matthew 18:30 | But he refused. Instead, he went and threw him in prison (phylakēn | φυλακήν | acc sg fem) until he should pay back the debt. |
| Matthew 24:43 | But understand this: if the owner of the house had known at what time of night (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem) the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. |
| Matthew 25:36 | I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem) and you visited me.’ |
| Matthew 25:39 | And when did we see you sick or in prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem) and visit you?’ |
| Matthew 25:43 | I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem) and you did not visit me.’ |
| Matthew 25:44 | Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem) and did not help you?’ |
| Mark 6:17 | For it was Herod himself who had sent and arrested John and bound him in prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem) on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, his because he had married her. |
| Mark 6:27 | So without delay the king dispatched the executioner and ordered him to bring John’s head. He went and beheaded John in prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem), |
| Mark 6:48 | He saw them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them. About the fourth watch (phylakēn | φυλακήν | acc sg fem) of the night he came toward them, walking on the lake. He intended to pass by them, |
| Luke 2:8 | There were shepherds in that region who were living out in the fields and keeping night-watch (phylakas | φυλακάς | acc pl fem) over their flock. |
| Luke 3:20 | added this also to them all: he confined John in prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem). |
| Luke 12:38 | If he comes in the second or in the third watch (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem) and finds it so, those ones are fortunate. |
| Luke 12:58 | So when you go with your opponent before the magistrate, make an effort to receive a settlement from him on the way; otherwise he will drag you off to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff will throw you into prison (phylakēn | φυλακήν | acc sg fem). |
| Luke 21:12 | But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons (phylakas | φυλακάς | acc pl fem), bringing you before kings and governors for the sake of my name. |
| Luke 22:33 | Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison (phylakēn | φυλακήν | acc sg fem) and to death.” |
| Luke 23:19 | who was thrown into prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem) because of a certain riot that had occurred in the city and for murder. |
| Luke 23:25 | He released the man who had been thrown into prison (phylakēn | φυλακήν | acc sg fem) for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he handed over Jesus to their will. |
| John 3:24 | (John had not yet been thrown into prison.) (phylakēn | φυλακήν | acc sg fem) |
| Acts 5:19 | But an angel of the Lord during the night opened the doors of the prison (phylakēs | φυλακῆς | gen sg fem) and brought them out and said, |
| Acts 5:22 | But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem), so they returned and reported, |
| Acts 5:25 | And someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men whom you put in the prison (phylakē | φυλακῇ | dat sg fem) are standing in the temple and teaching the people.” |
