Bible Lexicons

φυλακή , -ῆς , ἡ (< φυλάσσω ),

[in LXX chiefly for H4931 and cogn. forms, also for H3608 etc.;]

(a) actively, a guarding, guard, watch (Hom., Plat., Xen., al.): cogn. acc, φυλάσσειν φυλακάς , to keep watch, Luke 2:8;

(b) of those who keep watch (as also Lat. custodia), a guard; pl., sentinels, a guard (Hom., al.): Acts 12:10;

(c) of the place where persons are kept under guard, a prison (Hdt., Thuc., al.): Matthew 14:10, Mark 6:17, Luke 3:20, Acts 5:19, 2 Corinthians 6:5, 1 Peter 3:19, Revelation 18:2, al.;

(d) of the time during which guard was kept by night (Lest. vigilia; Anthol.), a watch: Matthew 14:25; Matthew 24:43, Mark 6:48, Luke 12:38.

χρηματισμός is commonly used to denote a ";report,"; as in P Lond 20.22 (B.C. 162) ( = I. p. 9, UPZ i. p. 207) ἀξιῶ σε. . ἀναλαβόντα τὸν παρὰ Δωρίωνος χρηματισμὸν ἐπιτελέσαι ἀκολούθως, ib. 17.11 (B.C. 162) ( = I. p. 10, UPZ i. p. 209) τὸ ἀντίγραφον σὺν τῶι γεγονότι πρὸς αὐτὴν χρηματισμῶι προσήφαμεν, and .18 ἐπισταλέντος τοῦ καθήκοντος χρηματισμοῦ. In its only NT occurrence, Rom. 11:4, it is used of ";a divine response,"; ";an oracle"; : see s.v. χρηματίζω.

 

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