a watching, keeping guard; a guard, prison; imprisonment.
Strong's:
φυλακή
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;
φυλακή, -ῆς, ἡ (< φυλάσσω) [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁמֶרֶת and cogn. forms, also for כֶּלֶא etc. ;] __(a) actively, a guarding, guard, watch (Hom., Plat., Xen., al.): cogn. accusative, φυλάσσειν φυλακάς, to keep watch, Luk.2:8; __(b) of those who keep watch (as also Lat. custodia), a guard; pl., sentinels, a guard (Hom., al.): Act.12:10; __(with) of the place where persons are kept under guard, a prison (Hdt., Thuc., al.): Refs Mat.14:10, Mrk.6:17, Luk.3:20, Act.5:19, 2Co.6:5, 1Pe.3:19, Rev.18:2, al.; __(d) of the time during which guard was kept by night (Lest. vigilia; Anthol.), a watch: Refs Mat.14:25 24:43, Mrk.6:48, Luk.12:38 (AS)
Thayer:
1) guard, watch 1a) a watching, keeping watch 1a1) to keep watch 1b) persons keeping watch, a guard, sentinels 1c) of the place where captives are kept, a prison 1d) of the time (of night) during which guard was kept, a watch i.e. a period of time during which part of the guard was on duty, and at the end of which others relieved them. As the earlier Greeks divided the night commonly into three parts, so, previous to the exile, the Israelites also had three watches in a night; subsequently, however, after they became subject to the Romans, they adopted the Roman custom of dividing the night into four watches
φυλακή
phulakē
foo-lak-ay'
From G5442; a guarding or (concretely guard), the act, the parson; figuratively the place, the condition, or (specifically) the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
G1049 γαζοφυλάκιονγαζοφυλάκιον
gazophulakion
gad-zof-oo-lak'-ee-on
From G1047 and G5438; a treasurehouse, that is, a court in the temple for the collection boxes
φυλάσσω
phulassō
foo-las'-so
Probably from G5443 through the idea of isolation; to watch, that is, beonguard (literally or figuratively); by implication to preserve . obey, avoid
G1314 διαφυλάσσωδιαφυλάσσω
diaphulassō
dee-af-oo-las'-so
From G1223 and G5442; to guardthoroughly, that is, protect
KJV Usage: keep.
G5083 τηρέωτηρέω
tēreō
tay-reh'-o
From τηρός teros (a watch; perhaps akin to G2334); to guard (from loss or injury, properly by keeping theeye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), that is, to note (a prophecy; figuratively to fulfil a command); by implication to detain (in custody; figuratively to maintain); by extension to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively to keepunmarried)
G5440 φυλακτήριονφυλακτήριον
phulaktērion
foo-lak-tay'-ree-on
Neuter of a derivative of G5442; a guardcase, that is, “phylactery” for wearing slips of Scripture texts
KJV Usage: phylactery.
G5441 φύλαξφύλαξ
phulax
foo'-lax
From G5442; a watcher or sentry
G5874Synonyms
See Definition for tereo { [G5083]}
See Definition for phylasso { [G5442]}
5083-"to watch or keep"
5442-"to guard"
5083 expresses watchful care and is suggestive of present
possession, 5442 indicates safe custody and often implies assault
from without? 5083 may mark the result of which 5442 is the means.