noun · neuter

fulaktēriem

Greekφυλακτήριον (fulaktērion)

Strong’sG5440

a phylactery, an amulet

stem fulaktēri-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

phylacteries1×

What it means

* φυλακτήριον, -ου, τό

1. an outpost, fortification (Thuc., al.).

2. a safeguard (Plat.).

3. an amulet (Plut., al.); in NT for the Talmudic תְּפִלִּין, a prayer fillet, a phylactery, a small strip of parchment on which portions of the law were written and worn on the forehead and next the heart (cf. Ex 13:16): Mt 23:5.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5440 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidfoo-lak-tay'-ree-on

a guard-case, i.e. "phylactery" for wearing slips of Scripture texts

Fromneuter of a derivative of G5442;

King Jamesphylactery.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	fulaktēriem	fulaktērieim
of, belonging to genitive	fulaktērieu	fulaktērieiu
to, for dative	fulaktērie	fulaktēriei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

fulaktēristem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

fulaktērie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

fulaktērieim1×

Matthew 23:5“phylacteries”panteim de teim ergeim autoiu poialō pros tem theasira toi anthrōpoi; platunalō gar teim fulaktērieim autoiu kai megalunalō teim kraspedeim,All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.