Greek noun (neuter) · G5440
φυλακτήριον
phylakterionfoo-lak-tay'-ree-on
an outpost, fortification (Thuc., al.).; a safeguard (Plat.).; an amulet
1 use in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phylaktḗrion
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5440is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5440
a guard-case, i.e. "phylactery" for wearing slips of Scripture texts
The King James renders it: phylactery.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
phylakterion is rendered "an outpost, fortification (Thuc., al.).; a safeguard (Plat.).; an amulet". It stands 1 time in the Greek text, across one book.
- One of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "an outpost, fortification (Thuc., al.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
The first use
All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
Matthew 23:5φυλακτήρια
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in one of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: an outpost, fortification (Thuc., al.)., and a safeguard (Plat.)., and an amulet.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| an outpost, fortification (Thuc., al.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their… |
| a safeguard (Plat.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| an amulet | Tagged as
| WhereExodus 13:16So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 1, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- φυλακτήρια1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
Matthew
one use
All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
- φυλακτήριαphulakterianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: phylacteries
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.