Phulassō φυλάσσω

Phulassō (Greek φυλάσσω, Strong's G5442) is a Greek verb meaning “to keep/guard: protect”. It occurs 31 times in 31 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

G5442I: to keep/guard: protect

G5442G: to keep/guard: observe

G5442H: to keep/guard: guard

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Protection

Verses

Every verse with Phulassō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 19:20
  The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”

Mark

• Mark 10:20
  And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”

Luke

• Luke 2:8
  And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.
• Luke 8:29
  (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)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.
• Luke 11:21
  When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
• Luke 11:28
  But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
• Luke 12:15
  And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.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.”
• Luke 18:21
  And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.“All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.

John

• John 12:25
  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
• John 12:47
  And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.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.
• John 17:12
  While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.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.

Acts

• Acts 7:53
  Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
• Acts 12:4
  And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.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.
• Acts 16:4
  And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.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.
• Acts 21:24
  Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.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.
• Acts 21:25
  As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.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.”
• Acts 22:20
  And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.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.’
• Acts 23:35
  I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
• Acts 28:16
  And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

Romans

• Romans 2:26
  Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

Galatians

• Galatians 6:13
  For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

2 Thessalonians

• 2 Thessalonians 3:3
  But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

1 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 5:21
  I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.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.
• 1 Timothy 6:20
  O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

2 Timothy

• 2 Timothy 1:12
  For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.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.
• 2 Timothy 1:14
  That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
• 2 Timothy 4:15
  Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.You too should beware of him, for he has vigorously opposed our message.

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 2:5
  And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;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;
• 2 Peter 3:17
  Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.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.

1 John

• 1 John 5:21
  Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Jude

• Jude 1:24
  Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).