greek #5438 - φυλακή, ῆς, ἡ phulaké (a guarding)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From phulasso; 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 -- cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 5438: φυλακή

a. in an active sense, a watching, keeping watch: φυλάσσεινφυλακάς, to keep watch,Luke 2:8 (often in the Greek writings from Xenophon, an. 2, 6, 10, etc.; Plato legg. 6, p. 758 d. down; (cf. φυλακάςἔχειν, etc. from Homer (Iliad 9, 1 etc.) on); often also in the Sept. for מִשְׁמָרותשָׁמַר).

b. like the Latincustodia and more frequently the pluralcustodiae (see Klotz, Hdwrbch. (or Harpers' Latin Dict.) under the word), equivalent to persons keeping watch, a guard, sentinels: Acts 12:10 (here A. V. ward) (and very often in secular authors from Homer down).

c. of the place where captives are kept, a prison: Matthew 14:10; Matthew 25:36,(39),43f; Mark 6:17, 27(28); Luke 3:20; Luke 21:12; Luke 22:33; Acts 5:19, 22; Acts 8:3; Acts 12:5f, 17; Acts 16:27, 40; Acts 22:4; Acts 26:10; 2 Corinthians 6:5 (here, as in Hebrews 11:36, A. V. imprisonment); 2 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Peter 3:19; Revelation 18:2 (twice; rendered in A. V. hold and cage (R. V. hold)); (Herodotus 3, 152; Thucydides 3, 34; Plutarch, others; the Sept. for מַטָּרָה, כֶּלֶאבֵּית, and הַכֶּלֶאבֵּית, מִשְׁמָר); βάλλειν or τιθέναιτιναεἰς (τήν) φυλακήν or ἐν (τῇ) φυλακή: Matthew 5:25; Matthew 14:3 (R G, others, ἀπέθετο); ; Luke 12:58; Luke 23:19, 25; John 3:24; Acts 5:25; Acts 8:3 (here παραδιδόναιεἰςφυλακήν); ; Revelation 2:10.

d. of the time (of night) during which guard was kept, a watch i. e. the period of time during which a part of the guard were on duty, and at the end of which others relieved them. As the earlier Greeks divided the night commonly into three parts (see Liddell and Scott, under the word I. 4), so, previously to the exile, the Israelites also had three watches in a night; subsequently, however, after they became subject to Rome, they adopted the Roman custom of dividing the night into four watches: Matthew 24:43; ἐντῇδευτέρᾳ, τρίτῃ, Luke 12:38; τετάρτῃ, Matthew 14:25; Mark 6:48. Cf. Winer's RWB under the word Nachtwache; (McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, under the word ; B. D. under the phrase, ).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 5438. φυλακή (phulaké) — 47 Occurrences

Matthew 5:25 - N-AFS
GRK:καὶ εἰς φυλακὴν βληθήσῃ
NAS: and you be thrown into prison.
KJV: thou be cast into prison.
INT: and into prison you be cast

Matthew 14:3 - N-DFS
GRK:καὶ ἐν φυλακῇ ἀπέθετο διὰ
NAS: him and put him in prison because
KJV: put [him] in prison for Herodias'
INT: and in prison put [him] on account of

Matthew 14:10 - N-DFS
GRK:ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ
NAS: and had John beheaded in the prison.
KJV: John in the prison.
INT: in the prison

Matthew 14:25 - N-DFS
GRK:Τετάρτῃ δὲ φυλακῇ τῆς νυκτὸς
NAS: And in the fourth watch of the night
KJV: in the fourth watch of the night
INT: in fourth moreover watch of the night

Matthew 18:30 - N-AFS
GRK:αὐτὸν εἰς φυλακὴν ἕως ἀποδῷ
NAS: and threw him in prison until
KJV: him into prison, till he should pay
INT: him into prison until he should pay

Matthew 24:43 - N-DFS
GRK:οἰκοδεσπότης ποίᾳ φυλακῇ ὁ κλέπτης
NAS: at what time of the night the thief
KJV: in what watch the thief
INT: master of the house in what time of night the thief

Matthew 25:36 - N-DFS
GRK:με ἐν φυλακῇ ἤμην καὶ
NAS: and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came
KJV: I was in prison, and ye came
INT: me in prison I was and

Matthew 25:39 - N-DFS
GRK:ἢ ἐν φυλακῇ καὶ ἤλθομεν
NAS: or in prison, and come
KJV: or in prison, and came
INT: or in prison and came

Matthew 25:43 - N-DFS
GRK:καὶ ἐν φυλακῇ καὶ οὐκ
NAS: Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit
KJV: and in prison, and ye visited
INT: and in prison and not

Matthew 25:44 - N-DFS
GRK:ἢ ἐν φυλακῇ καὶ οὐ
NAS: or in prison, and did not take care
KJV: or in prison, and did
INT: or in prison and not

Mark 6:17 - N-DFS
GRK:αὐτὸν ἐν φυλακῇ διὰ Ἡρῳδιάδα
NAS: and bound in prison on account
KJV: him in prison for Herodias'
INT: him in prison on account of Herodias

Mark 6:27 - N-DFS
GRK:ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ
KJV: him in the prison,
INT: in the prison

Mark 6:48 - N-AFS
GRK:περὶ τετάρτην φυλακὴν τῆς νυκτὸς
NAS: the fourth watch of the night
KJV: the fourth watch of the night
INT: about [the] fourth watch of the night

Luke 2:8 - N-AFP
GRK:καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς
NAS: and keeping watch over
KJV: keeping watch over their
INT: and keeping watch by night

Luke 3:20 - N-DFS
GRK:Ἰωάννην ἐν φυλακῇ
NAS: he locked John up in prison.
KJV: John in prison.
INT: John in prison

Luke 12:38 - N-DFS
GRK:τῇ τρίτῃ φυλακῇ ἔλθῃ καὶ
NAS: in the second watch, or even
KJV: in the second watch, or come
INT: the third watch he comes and

Luke 12:58 - N-AFS
GRK:βαλεῖ εἰς φυλακήν
NAS: and the officer throw you into prison.
KJV: thee into prison.
INT: should cast into prison

Luke 21:12 - N-AFP
GRK:συναγωγὰς καὶ φυλακάς ἀπαγομένους ἐπὶ
NAS: you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing
KJV: and into prisons, being brought
INT: synagogues and prisons bringing [you] before

Luke 22:33 - N-AFS
GRK:καὶ εἰς φυλακὴν καὶ εἰς
NAS: to go both to prison and to death!
KJV: both into prison, and to
INT: both to prison and to

Luke 23:19 - N-DFS
GRK:ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ
NAS: had been thrown into prison for an insurrection
KJV: was cast into prison.)
INT: into the prison

Luke 23:25 - N-AFS
GRK:βεβλημένον εἰς φυλακὴν ὃν ᾐτοῦντο
NAS: for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection
KJV: into prison, whom
INT: had been cast into prison whom they asked for

John 3:24 - N-AFS
GRK:εἰς τὴν φυλακὴν ὁ Ἰωάννης
NAS: been thrown into prison.
KJV: cast into prison.
INT: into the prison John

Acts 5:19 - N-GFS
GRK:θύρας τῆς φυλακῆς ἐξαγαγών τε
NAS: the gates of the prison, and taking
KJV: night opened the prison doors, and
INT: doors of the jail having brought out moreover

Acts 5:22 - N-DFS
GRK:ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ ἀναστρέψαντες δὲ
NAS: did not find them in the prison; and they returned
KJV: not in the prison, they returned, and
INT: in the prison having returned moreover

Acts 5:25 - N-DFS
GRK:ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ εἰσὶν ἐν
NAS: you put in prison are standing
KJV: ye put in prison are standing
INT: in the prison are in

Acts 8:3 - N-AFS
GRK:παρεδίδου εἰς φυλακήν
NAS: he would put them in prison.
KJV: committed [them] to prison.
INT: delivered [them] up to prison

Acts 12:4 - N-AFS
GRK:ἔθετο εἰς φυλακήν παραδοὺς τέσσαρσιν
NAS: him, he put him in prison, delivering
KJV: [him] in prison, and delivered
INT: he put in prison having delivered to four

Acts 12:5 - N-DFS
GRK:ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ προσευχὴ δὲ
NAS: was kept in the prison, but prayer
KJV: was kept in prison: but prayer
INT: in the prison prayer moreover

Acts 12:6 - N-AFS
GRK:ἐτήρουν τὴν φυλακήν
NAS: were watching over the prison.
KJV: the door kept the prison.
INT: kept the prison

Acts 12:10 - N-AFS
GRK:δὲ πρώτην φυλακὴν καὶ δευτέραν
NAS: and second guard, they came
KJV: and the second ward, they came unto
INT: moreover a first guard and a second

Acts 12:17 - N-GFS
GRK:ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς εἶπέν τε
NAS: had led him out of the prison. And he said,
KJV: him out of the prison. And he said,
INT: out of the prison he said moreover

Acts 16:23 - N-AFS
GRK:ἔβαλον εἰς φυλακήν παραγγείλαντες τῷ
NAS: they threw them into prison, commanding
KJV: [them] into prison, charging
INT: they cast [them] into prison having charged the

Acts 16:24 - N-AFS
GRK:τὴν ἐσωτέραν φυλακὴν καὶ τοὺς
NAS: them into the inner prison and fastened
KJV: into the inner prison, and made
INT: the inner prison and the

Acts 16:27 - N-GFS
GRK:θύρας τῆς φυλακῆς σπασάμενος τὴν
NAS: awoke and saw the prison doors opened,
KJV: and seeing the prison doors open,
INT: doors of the prison having drawn his

Acts 16:37 - N-AFS
GRK:ἔβαλαν εἰς φυλακήν καὶ νῦν
NAS: and have thrown us into prison; and now
KJV: [us] into prison; and
INT: they cast [us] into prison and now

Acts 16:40 - N-GFS
GRK:ἀπὸ τῆς φυλακῆς εἰσῆλθον πρὸς
NAS: They went out of the prison and entered
KJV: out of the prison, and entered
INT: out of the prison they came to

Acts 22:4 - N-AFP
GRK:παραδιδοὺς εἰς φυλακὰς ἄνδρας τε
NAS: men and women into prisons,
KJV: delivering into prisons both men
INT: betraying to prisons men both

Acts 26:10 - N-DFP
GRK:ἐγὼ ἐν φυλακαῖς κατέκλεισα τὴν
NAS: of the saints in prisons, having received
KJV: shut up in prison, having received
INT: I in prisons shut up the

2 Corinthians 6:5 - N-DFP
GRK:πληγαῖς ἐν φυλακαῖς ἐν ἀκαταστασίαις
NAS: in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults,
KJV: stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults,
INT: beatings in imprisonments in riots

2 Corinthians 11:23 - N-DFP
GRK:περισσοτέρως ἐν φυλακαῖς περισσοτέρως ἐν
NAS: in far more imprisonments, beaten
KJV: in prisons more frequent,
INT: more abundantly in imprisonments more abundantly in

Hebrews 11:36 - N-GFS
GRK:δεσμῶν καὶ φυλακῆς
NAS: also chains and imprisonment.
KJV: of bonds and imprisonment:
INT: of chains and of imprisonment

1 Peter 3:19 - N-DFS
GRK:τοῖς ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμασιν πορευθεὶς
NAS: to the spirits [now] in prison,
KJV: unto the spirits in prison;
INT: to the in prison spirits having gone

Revelation 2:10 - N-AFS
GRK:ὑμῶν εἰς φυλακὴν ἵνα πειρασθῆτε
NAS: to cast some of you into prison, so
KJV: you into prison, that ye may be tried;
INT: you into prison that you might be tried

Revelation 18:2 - N-NFS
GRK:δαιμονίων καὶ φυλακὴ παντὸς πνεύματος
NAS: of demons and a prison of every
KJV: of devils, and the hold of every foul
INT: of demons and a hold of every spirit

Revelation 18:2 - N-NFS
GRK:ἀκαθάρτου καὶ φυλακὴ παντὸς ὀρνέου
NAS: spirit, and a prison of every
KJV: spirit, and a cage of every unclean
INT: unclean and a hold of every bird

Revelation 18:2 - Noun-NFS
GRK:ἀκαθάρτου καὶ φυλακὴ παντὸς θηρίου
INT: unclean and a prison of every creature

Revelation 20:7 - N-GFS
GRK:ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦ
NAS: will be released from his prison,
KJV: out of his prison,
INT: out of the prison of him