Strong's Greek · G5442
φυλάσσω
phylássō
Definitionto watch, i.e. be on guard (literally of figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid
Derivationprobably from G5443 (φυλή) through the idea of isolation;
KJV usagebeward, keep (self), observe, save
Occurrences30 in the KJV · 30 verses
φυλάσσω in Scripture
Matthew 19:20
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
Mark 10:20
And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
Luke 2:8
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luke 8:29
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
Luke 11:21
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
Luke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Luke 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man' s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Luke 18:21
And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Acts 7:53
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Acts 12:4
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
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