Strong's Greek · G5441
φύλαξ
phýlax
Definitiona watcher or sentry
Derivationfrom G5442 (φυλάσσω);
KJV usagekeeper
Occurrences3 in the KJV · 3 verses
φύλαξ in Scripture
Acts 5:23
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
Acts 12:6
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
Acts 12:19
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode.