Strong's Greek · G5441
φύλαξ
phýlax
keeper
Definition
a watcher or sentry
Derivation
from G5442 (φυλάσσω);
Appears 3 times in Scripture
““We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.””
“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.”
“After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.”
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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).