# G5438 φυλακή

φυλακή (phylakḗ), Strong’s G5438: a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night),… KJV: cage…

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*phylakḗ* — a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night),…

KJV: cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch

Derived from [φυλάσσω phylássō](https://besorah.bible/word/G5442) (to watch, i.e. be on guard)

Occurs 165 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 5:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=25) — Agree with your adversary quickly while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the…
- [Matthew 14:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/14?v=3) — For Herod had arrested Yochanan, bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.
- [Matthew 14:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/14?v=10) — and he sent and beheaded Yochanan in the prison.
- [Matthew 14:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/14?v=25) — In the fourth watch of the night, Yeshua came to them, walking on the sea.
- [Matthew 18:30](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/18?v=30) — He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due.
- [Matthew 24:43](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/24?v=43) — But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have…
- [Matthew 25:36](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=36) — I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’
- [Matthew 25:39](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=39) — When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’
- [Matthew 25:43](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=43) — I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit…
- [Matthew 25:44](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=44) — “Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick…