ΦΥΛΑΚΤΉΡΙΟΝ: * φυλακτήριον, -ου, τό 1. . an outpost, fortification (Thuc., al.).
2. . a safeguard (Plat.).
3. . an amulet (Plut., al.); in NT for the Talmudic תְּפִלִּין, a prayer fillet, a phylactery, a small strip of parchment on which portions of the law were written and worn on the forehead and next the heart (cf. Ex 13:16): Mt 23:5.†