Strong's Greek · G5438

φυλακή

phylakḗ

cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch

Definition

a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively

Derivation

from G5442 (φυλάσσω);

Appears 47 times in Scripture

Matthew 25:36

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

Matthew 14:10

and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

Matthew 25:43

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.’

Mark 6:48

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,

Matthew 25:39

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

Matthew 14:25

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

Matthew 18:30

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

Matthew 5:25

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.

Matthew 24:43

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.

Matthew 14:3

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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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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