φύλαξ, -ακος, ὁ (φυλάσσω), [in LXX for שָׁמַר, צוּר ;] a guard, keeper: Act.5:23 12:6, 19.† (AS)
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G5441 — φυλακτήριος
phulaktērios · guard · Greek
3 tagged verse occurrences
Acts 5:23 · φύλακαςsaying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.Acts 12:6 · φύλακέςAnd when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.Acts 12:19 · φύλακαςAnd when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and tarried there.