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Koine Greek wordlink #91291

SR GNT Acts 12:6 φυλακήν (fulakaʸn) ‘door were guarding the prison’ Strongs=54380 Lemma=fulakē
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=44 AD Event=An_angel_rescues_Peter_from_prison TimeSeries=An_angel_rescues_Peter_from_prison

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Other uses (14) of identical word form φυλακήν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘φυλακήν’ (N-AFS) has 3 different glosses: ‘guard’, ‘prison’, ‘watch’.

Yhn (Jhn) 3:24 ‘having_been throw into the prison Yōannaʸs’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 3:24 word 7

OET-LV: 24 For/Because the Yōannaʸs was not _yet having _been _throw into the prison. (JHN_3:24)

OET-RV: 24 (At this point in time, Yohan had not yet been put in prison.) (JHN 3:24)

Mark 6:48 ‘to them about the fourth watch of the night he is coming’ SR GNT Mark 6:48 word 22

OET-LV: 48 And having _seen them being _tormented in the time to _be _rowing, because/for the wind was contrary to _them, about the_fourth watch of _the night he _is _coming to them, walking on the sea, and was _wanting to _pass _by them. (MRK_6:48)

OET-RV: 48 He saw them struggling to row against the wind, and sometime after 3am he came out to them, walking on the lake surface as if to walk past them. (MRK 6:48)

Mat 5:25 ‘attendant and into prison you will_be_being throw’ SR GNT Mat 5:25 word 35

OET-LV: 25 Be agreeing with _the opponent of _you quickly, as _long _as which you _are with him on the way, lest the opponent may _give_ you _over to _the judge, and the judge to _the attendant, and you _will _be _being _thrown into prison. (MAT_5:25)

OET-RV: 25 “Resolve things with your opponent as soon as you can, hopefully while you’re still on the way to the court, in case your opponent turns you in to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and then you’ll end up in prison. (MAT 5:25)

Mat 18:30 ‘he throw him into prison until he may give_back the thing’ SR GNT Mat 18:30 word 12

OET-LV: 30 And which he _was_ not _willing, but having _gone _away, he _throw him into prison, until he _may _give _back the thing being _owed. (MAT_18:30)

OET-RV: 30 But the other wasn’t willing, and he went and had the man thrown into prison until he repaid what he owed. (MAT 18:30)

Luke 12:58 ‘you will_be throwing into prison’ SR GNT Luke 12:58 word 48

OET-LV: 58 For/Because as you _are _going with the opponent of _you before a_ruler in the way, give effort to _have _released from him, lest he _may _be _dragging_ you _away to the judge, and the judge will _be _giving_ you _over to _the constable, and the constable will _be _throwing you into prison. (LUK_12:58)

OET-RV: 58 Because as you’re on the way with your opponent to an arbitrator, think hard about how to resolve the case, because if you don’t, he might drag you off to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the constable, and the constable will toss you into a prison cell. (LUK 12:58)

Luke 22:33 ‘I am both to prison and to death’ SR GNT Luke 22:33 word 13

OET-LV: 33 And he he _said to _him: master, I _am ready to _be _going with you both to prison and to death. (LUK_22:33)

OET-RV: 33 “Master,” Simon responded, “I’m prepared to go to prison with you, or even to die.” (LUK 22:33)

Luke 23:25 ‘murder having_been throw into prison whom they were requesting but’ SR GNT Luke 23:25 word 16

OET-LV: 25 And sent _away the one having _been _throw into the because _of insurrection and murder prison, whom they _were _requesting, but the he _gave_ Yaʸsous _over to _the will of _them. (LUK_23:25)

OET-RV: 25 and released the one thrown into prison for murder and rebellion, but he conceded to sentence Yeshua as they had wanted. (LUK 23:25)

Acts 8:3 ‘women he was giving_over them to prison’ SR GNT Acts 8:3 word 21

OET-LV: 3 But Saulos was _ravaging the assembly, by entering _in the houses, dragging both men and women, he _was _giving _over them to prison. (ACT_8:3)

OET-RV: 3 As for Saul, he started on destroying the assembly by entering people’s homes and dragging both men and women out and then off to prison. (ACT 8:3)

Acts 12:4 ‘having arrested he put in prison having given_over him to four squads_of_four’ SR GNT Acts 12:4 word 8

OET-LV: 4 whom also having _arrested, he _put in prison, having _given _over him to _four squads _of _four of _soldiers to _be _guarding him, wishing after the passover_feast to _bring_ him _up to _the people. (ACT_12:4)

OET-RV: 4 After being arrested, Peter was put in prison where he was guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. After the Passover Feast, Herod planned to display Peter to the people, (ACT 12:4)

Acts 12:10 ‘having passed_through and the first guard and the second they came’ SR GNT Acts 12:10 word 4

OET-LV: 10 And having _passed _through the_first guard and the_second, they _came to the the iron gate, which leading into the city, which automatic was _opened _up to _them, and having _come _out they _went _ahead on_ one _street, and immediately the messenger withdrew from him. (ACT_12:10)

OET-RV: 10 They went past the first guard and then the second, and then came to the iron gate which led out of the prison into the city. The gate opened by itself and they went out onto the street, then at the end of the street the messenger suddenly left him. (ACT 12:10)

Acts 16:23 ‘blows they throw them into prison having commanded to the prison_guard’ SR GNT Acts 16:23 word 9

OET-LV: 23 And having _inflicted many blows on _them, they _throw them into prison, having _commanded to _the prison _guard to _be _keeping them securely, (ACT_16:23)

OET-RV: 23 They were severely beaten and then thrown into prison where the officer was commanded to keep them secure. (ACT 16:23)

Acts 16:24 ‘into the inner prison and their feet’ SR GNT Acts 16:24 word 14

OET-LV: 24 who having _received such charge, throw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet of _them in the stocks. (ACT_16:24)

OET-RV: 24 Because of that, he threw them into the inner cell and locked their feet in stocks. (ACT 16:24)

Acts 16:37 ‘being they throw us into prison and now secretly’ SR GNT Acts 16:37 word 19

OET-LV: 37 But the Paulos was _saying to them: Having _beat us with _publicly, uncondemned men being Ɽōmaios, they _throw us into prison and now secretly they _are _throwing_ us _out? For/Because no, but having _come themselves, them _let _lead_ us _out. (ACT_16:37)

OET-RV: 37 But Paul responded, “You mean that after publicly beating us Roman men without a trial, they threw us into prison and now they want to just quietly release us.” (ACT 16:37)

Rev 2:10 ‘of you_all into prison in_order_that you_all may_be tested and’ SR GNT Rev 2:10 word 20

OET-LV: 10 Not be _fearing what you _are _going to _be _suffering. Behold, is _going to _be _throwing some the devil of you _all into prison, in _order _that you _all _may _be _tested, and you _all _will _be _having tribulation ten for _days. Be _becoming faithful until death, and I _will _be _giving to _you the crown of_ the _life. (REV_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 Don’t be afraid about what you’re going to suffer. Yes, the devil will throw some of you into prison where your faith will be tested, and you’ll experience persecution for ten days. Just remain faithful, even if it means death, and I’ll give you life as a reward. (REV 2:10)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘fulakē’ have 5 different glosses: ‘a prison’, ‘guard’, ‘prison’, ‘prisons’, ‘watch’.

Greek words (26) other than φυλακήν (N-AFS) with a gloss related to ‘prison’

MARK 6:17 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘bound him in prison because_of Haʸrōidias the’ SR GNT Mark 6:17 word 20

OET-LV: 17 For/Because the Haʸrōdaʸs himself, having _sent _out, apprehended the Yōannaʸs and bound him in prison because _of Haʸrōidias, the wife of _Filippos, the brother of _him, because he _married her. (MRK_6:17)

OET-RV: 17 Because Herod himself had had Yohan arrested and put in prison because he had married Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. (MRK 6:17)

MARK 6:27 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘him in the prison’ SR GNT Mark 6:27 word 25

OET-LV: 27 And immediately the king having _sent _out an_executioner, commanded to _bring the head of _him. And having _gone _away, he _beheaded him in the prison, (MRK_6:27)

OET-RV: 27 So he ordered an executioner to go out and return with Yohan’s head. He went off and beheaded him in the prison (MRK 6:27)

MAT 11:2 δεσμωτηρίῳ (desmōtaʸriōi) N-DNS Lemma=desmōtērion ‘having heard in the prison the works of the’ SR GNT Mat 11:2 word 7

OET-LV: 2 And the Yōannaʸs, having _heard in the prison the works of _the chosen _one /messiah, having _sent through of _the apprentices/followers of _him, (MAT_11:2)

OET-RV: 2 Then Yohan, who was in prison, heard about what the messiah was doing, he sent some of his apprentices (MAT 11:2)

MAT 14:3 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘him and in prison put_away him because_of Haʸrōidias’ SR GNT Mat 14:3 word 14

OET-LV: 3 For/Because the Haʸrōdaʸs having _apprehended the Yōannaʸs, bound him and put_ him _away in prison, because _of Haʸrōidias, the wife of _Filippos, the brother of _him. (MAT_14:3)

OET-RV: 3 Herod said this because he had previously had Yohan arrested and put in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. (MAT 14:3)

MAT 14:10 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘Yōannaʸs in the prison’ SR GNT Mat 14:10 word 8

OET-LV: 10 And having _sent, he _beheaded Yōannaʸs in the prison. (MAT_14:10)

OET-RV: 10 and sent his soldiers to behead Yohan in prison. (MAT 14:10)

MAT 25:36 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘you_all visited me in prison I was and you came’ SR GNT Mat 25:36 word 10

OET-LV: 36 naked and you _all _clothed me, I _ailed and you _all _visited me, I _was in prison and you _came to me. (MAT_25:36)

OET-RV: 36 I was naked and you gave me clothes, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to see me.’ (MAT 25:36)

MAT 25:39 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘sick or in prison and we came to’ SR GNT Mat 25:39 word 10

OET-LV: 39 And when we _saw you sick or in prison, and we _came to you? (MAT_25:39)

OET-RV: 39 And when did we see you in prison, and we came to see you?’ (MAT 25:39)

MAT 25:43 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘sick and in prison and not you_all visited’ SR GNT Mat 25:43 word 17

OET-LV: 43 I _was a_stranger and you _all_ not _brought _in me, naked and you _all_ not _clothed me, sick and in prison and you _all_ not _visited me. (MAT_25:43)

OET-RV: 43 I was a stranger and you didn’t offer me shelter, I was naked and you didn’t give me any clothes, and I was sick and in prison and you never visited me.’ (MAT 25:43)

MAT 25:44 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘sick or in prison and not we served’ SR GNT Mat 25:44 word 24

OET-LV: 44 Then they ˓will˒_ also _be _answering saying: master, when we _saw you hungering, or thirsting, or a_stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and we_ not _served unto _you? (MAT_25:44)

OET-RV: 44 Then they’ll also respond, ‘Master, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty, or a stranger or naked, or sick or in prison and we didn’t help you?’ (MAT 25:44)

LUKE 3:20 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘he locked_up Yōannaʸs in prison’ SR GNT Luke 3:20 word 13

OET-LV: 20 also added this to all things: he _locked _up the Yōannaʸs in prison. (LUK_3:20)

OET-RV: 20 and then he added to his evils by having Yohan locked up in prison. (LUK 3:20)

LUKE 23:19 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘having_been throw in the prison’ SR GNT Luke 23:19 word 18

OET-LV: 19 Who was, having _been _throw in the prison because _of a_certain insurrection having _become in the city and murder. (LUK_23:19)

OET-RV: 19 (Barabbas had been thrown into prison for murder after an uprising that had occurred in the city.) (LUK 23:19)

ACTs 5:19 φυλακῆς (fulakaʸs) N-GFS ‘the doors of the prison having led_out and them’ SR GNT Acts 5:19 word 16

OET-LV: 19 But an_messenger of_the_master opened _up the doors of _the prison through, the_night, and having _led_ them _out said, (ACT_5:19)

OET-RV: 19 But one of Yahweh’s messengers opened the prison doors during the night and led them out again, saying, (ACT 5:19)

ACTs 5:21 δεσμωτήριον (desmōtaʸrion) N-ANS Lemma=desmōtērion ‘they sent_out to the prison to_be brought for them’ SR GNT Acts 5:21 word 40

OET-LV: 21 And having _heard, they _came _in by the dawn into the temple, and they _were _teaching. And having _arrived the chief _priest and the ones with him, they _called _together the council and all the council of _the sons of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), and they _sent _out to the prison for _them to _be _brought. (ACT_5:21)

OET-RV: 21 So at dawn, having taken notice of the messenger, they went into the temple and started teaching the people there again.
¶ When the chief priest arrived with his companions, they called together the religious council and also the political council of Yisrael, then called for the missionaries to be brought in from the prison. (ACT 5:21)

ACTs 5:22 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘them in the prison having returned and they reported’ SR GNT Acts 5:22 word 16

OET-LV: 22 But they having _arrived attendants, not found them in the prison, and having _returned, they _reported (ACT_5:22)

OET-RV: 22 But when their attendants got to the jail, they weren’t there, so they returned to the gathering and told them, (ACT 5:22)

ACTs 5:23 δεσμωτήριον (desmōtaʸrion) N-ANS Lemma=desmōtērion ‘saying the the prison we found having_been shut with’ SR GNT Acts 5:23 word 5

OET-LV: 23 saying, that We _found the the_prison having _been _shut with all security, and the guards having _stood before the doors, but having _opened _up, we _found no _one inside. (ACT_5:23)

OET-RV: 23 “We found the prison all locked up with the guards in their positions at the doors, but when they opened it up, there was no one inside!” (ACT 5:23)

ACTs 5:25 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘you_all put in the prison are in the’ SR GNT Acts 5:25 word 15

OET-LV: 25 But having _arrived, someone reported to _them, that Behold, the men whom you _all _put in the prison are in the temple, having _stood and teaching the people. (ACT_5:25)

OET-RV: 25 Just then someone came in and told them, “Hey, the men that you put in prison are in the temple—standing there teaching the people.” (ACT 5:25)

ACTs 12:5 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘was_being kept in the prison prayer on_the_other_hand was’ SR GNT Acts 12:5 word 8

OET-LV: 5 The therefore on _one _hand Petros was _being _kept in the prison, on _the _other _hand prayer was earnestly becoming by the assembly to the god concerning him. (ACT_12:5)

OET-RV: 5 but while he was being held in prison, those in the assembly were earnestly asking God to help him. (ACT 12:5)

ACTs 12:17 φυλακῆς (fulakaʸs) N-GFS ‘led_out from the prison he said and report’ SR GNT Acts 12:17 word 24

OET-LV: 17 But having _gestured to _them with _his hand to _be _keeping _silent, he _described to _them how the master led_ him _out from the prison. And he _said: Report these things to_Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) and to _the brothers. And having _come _out, he _was _gone to another place. (ACT_12:17)

OET-RV: 17 But Peter signalled them with his hand to be quiet, and then he explained how the master had led him out of the prison, and instructed them, “Tell this to Yacob and the brothers.” Then he left and went off to another place. (ACT 12:17)

ACTs 16:26 δεσμωτηρίου (desmōtaʸriou) N-GNS Lemma=desmōtērion ‘the foundations of the prison were opened_up and immediately’ SR GNT Acts 16:26 word 11

OET-LV: 26 And suddenly an_ great _earthquake became, so _that the foundations of _the prison to _be _shaken, and immediately all the doors were _opened _up, and the bonds of _all was _unfastened. (ACT_16:26)

OET-RV: 26 Suddenly there was a strong earthquake that shook even the foundations of the prison, and immediately all the prison doors opened up and the chains of all the prisoners came loose. (ACT 16:26)

ACTs 16:27 φυλακῆς (fulakaʸs) N-GFS ‘the doors of the prison having drawn his sword’ SR GNT Acts 16:27 word 14

OET-LV: 27 And the prison _guard having _become awoken, and having _seen the doors of _the prison having _been _opened _up, having _drawn his sword he _was _going to _be _killing himself, thinking the prisoners to _have _escaped. (ACT_16:27)

OET-RV: 27 The prison officer woke up, and when he saw that all the prison doors were open, he drew his sword to take his own life as he figured that all the prisoners must have escaped. (ACT 16:27)

ACTs 16:40 φυλακῆς (fulakaʸs) N-GFS ‘and from the prison they came_in to Ludia’ SR GNT Acts 16:40 word 6

OET-LV: 40 And having _come _out from the prison, they _came _in to the Ludia, and having _seen them, they _exhorted the brothers and they _came _out. (ACT_16:40)

OET-RV: 40 So after Paul and Silas left the prison, they went to see Lydia and after encouraging the believers there, they left. (ACT 16:40)

HEB 11:36 φυλακῆς (fulakaʸs) N-GFS ‘and of bonds and prison’ SR GNT Heb 11:36 word 12

OET-LV: 36 and others of _mockings and of _floggings trial received, and still of _bonds and prison. (HEB_11:36)

OET-RV: 36 Others were mocked and beaten, and some were put in chains and imprisoned. (HEB 11:36)

1 PET 3:19 φυλακῇ (fulakaʸ) N-DFS ‘also to the in prison to spirits having_been gone he proclaimed’ SR GNT 1 Pet 3:19 word 6

OET-LV: 19 in which also having _been _gone to _the to _spirits in prison he _proclaimed, (PE1_3:19)

OET-RV: 19 and with that life he also went to the spirits in prison and preached to them— (PE1 3:19)

REV 18:2 φυλακή (fulakaʸ) N-NFS ‘a dwelling_place of demons and a prison of every spirit unclean’ SR GNT Rev 18:2 word 21

OET-LV: 2 And he _cried _out with a_mighty voice saying: Fell, fell Babulōn/(Bāⱱel? ) the great. And it _became a_dwelling _place of _demons, and a_prison of _every spirit unclean, and a_prison of _every bird unclean, and having _been _hated. (REV_18:2)

OET-RV: 2 He called out in a loud voice, saying, “The mighty Babylon has fallen and become a place for demons to live, and a prison for evil spirits and for every kind of scavenging and detestable bird. (REV 18:2)

REV 18:2 φυλακή (fulakaʸ) N-NFS ‘spirit unclean and a prison of every bird unclean’ SR GNT Rev 18:2 word 27

REV 20:7 φυλακῆς (fulakaʸs) N-GFS ‘Satan/(Sāţān) out_of the prison of him’ SR GNT Rev 20:7 word 13

OET-LV: 7 And whenever may _be _finished the thousand years, will _be _being _released the Satan/(Sāţān) out _of the prison of _him, (REV_20:7)

OET-RV: 7 At the end of the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison, (REV 20:7)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular ANS=accusative,neuter,singular DFS=dative,feminine,singular DNS=dative,neuter,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular GNS=genitive,neuter,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular