Strong's Greek · G2892

κουστωδία

koustōdía

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Definition

"custody", i.e. a Roman sentry

Derivation

of Latin origin;

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Matthew 28:11

While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.

Matthew 27:66

So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.

Matthew 27:65

“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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