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Strong's G5440 · Greek

φυλακτήριον

phulakterion · foo-lak-tay'-ree-on

neuter of a derivative of 5442; a guard-case, i.e. "phylactery" for wearing slips of Scripture texts


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φυλακτήριον (G5440)

1 * φυλακτήριον , -ου, τό an outpost, fortification (Thuc., al.). a safeguard (Plat.). 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

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