Greek verb · G5442
φυλάσσω
phylassofoo-las'-so
to keep/guard: protect
31 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phylássō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5442is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 27New Testament books
- 20spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5442
to watch, i.e. be on guard (literally of figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid
The King James renders it: beward, keep (self), observe, save.
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
phylasso is rendered "to keep/guard: protect". It stands 31 times in the Greek text, across thirteen books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 19:20“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”
- The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.
The first use
“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”
Matthew 19:20ἐφύλαξα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's thirty-one uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- keeping3
- do keep2
- I have kept2
- shall keep2
- to guard2
- to keep2
- being kept1
- do beware1
- do guard1
- do keep yourselves1
- do yourself beware of1
- He will keep1
and 12 more, 31 uses in all
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| φυλακή | phylake | prison/watch: watch | Uses47 |
| φύλαξ | phylax | guard | Uses3 |
| φυλακίζω | phylakizo | to imprison | Uses1 |
| φυλακτήριον | phylakterion | phylactery | Uses1 |
All 31, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
20 spellings 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
- ἐφύλαξα3
- φυλάξαι2
- φυλάξει2
- φύλαξον2
- φυλάσσειν2
- φυλάσσεσθαι2
- φυλάσσεσθε2
- φυλάσσῃ2
- φυλάσσοντες2
- φυλάσσων2
- ἐφυλαξάμην1
- ἐφυλάξατε.¶1
and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular3V-AAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular2V-AAM-2S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-FAI-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PAP-NSM
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-PAS-3S
- verb · present middle or passive, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PEN
- verb · present middle, command · 2nd person plural2V-PMM-2P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-AAI-2P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
Matthew
one use
“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”
- ἐφύλαξαephulaxaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have kept
Mark
one use
“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”
- ἐφυλαξάμηνephulaxamenverb · aorist middle, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have kept
Luke
six uses
And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
- φυλάσσοντεςphulassontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: keeping
For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
- φυλασσόμενοςphulassomenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being kept
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
- φυλάσσῃphulasseverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may guard
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- φυλάσσοντεςphulassontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: keeping
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
- φυλάσσεσθεphulassestheverb · present middle, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do keep yourselves
“All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.
- ἐφύλαξαephulaxaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I kept
John
three uses
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
- φυλάξειphulaxeiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will keep
As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
- φυλάξῃphulaxeverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall keep
While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
- ἐφύλαξαephulaxaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I guarded
Acts
eight uses
you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
- ἐφυλάξατε.¶ephulaxateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: kept
He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
- φυλάσσεινphulasseinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to guard
As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
- φυλάσσεινphulasseinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.
- φυλάσσωνphulassonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: keeping
As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
- φυλάσσεσθαιphulassesthaiverb · present middle or passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep from
And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
- φυλάσσωνphulassonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: watching over
he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
- φυλάσσεσθαιphulassesthaiverb · present middle or passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be guarded
When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
- φυλάσσοντιphulassontiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: is guarding
Romans
one use
If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
- φυλάσσῃphulasseverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall keep
Galatians
one use
For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
- φυλάσσουσινphulassousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: keep
2 Thessalonians
one use
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
- φυλάξειphulaxeiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will keep
1 Timothy
two uses
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.
- φυλάξῃςphulaxesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you may keep
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”
- φύλαξονphulaxonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do guard
2 Timothy
three uses
For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
- φυλάξαιphulaxaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to guard
Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
- φύλαξονphulaxonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do keep
You too should beware of him, for he has vigorously opposed our message.
- φυλάσσουphulassouverb · present middle, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do yourself beware of
2 Peter
two uses
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
- ἐφύλαξενephulaxenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: preserved
Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
- φυλάσσεσθεphulassestheverb · present middle, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do beware
1 John
one use
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
- φυλάξατεphulaxateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do keep
Jude
one use
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- φυλάξαιphulaxaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to keep
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.
