noun · masculine
fulaxos
Greekφύλαξ (fulax)
Strong’sG5441
a guard, keeper, sentinel
stem fulax-3 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
φύλαξ, -ακος, ὁ
(< φυλάσσω), [in LXX for שָׁמַר, צוּר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5441 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfoo'-lax
a watcher or sentry
Fromfrom G5442;
King Jameskeeper.
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 nominative | fulaxos | fulaxois1×φύλακές |
| object accusative | fulaxon | fulaxoin2×φύλακας |
| direct address vocative | fulaxor | fulaxoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | fulaxou | fulaxoiu |
| to, for dative | fulaxo | fulaxoi |
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
fulaxo 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
fulaxois“guards”subjectnominative plural1×
Acts 12:6“guards”Hote de mellate proagara auton tos Hērōdos, ta nuxa ekeina ate tos Petros koimerōtos metaxu duo stratiōtoiu dirētos halusiai duo, fulaxois tē pro tau thurau tērale tan fulakan.On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
fulaxoin“guards”objectaccusative plural2×
Acts 5:23“guards”legarōtois hoti Tem desmōtēriem heuriskana kleiirētem en panta asfaleia kai toin fulaxoin histanarētoin epi taiu thuraiu, anoigaratois de esō oudenon heuriskana.“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
Acts 12:19“guards”Hērōdos de epizētaratos auton kai mē heuriskaratos anakrinaratos toin fulaxoin keleuata apagira, kai katercharatos apo tau Ioudaiau eis Kaisareian diatribate.After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.