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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 5440. φυλακτήριον (phulaktérion) -- Phylactery</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/5440.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/1_timothy/1-18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/5440.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 5440</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/5439.htm" title="5439">◄</a> 5440. phulaktérion <a href="../greek/5441.htm" title="5441">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">phulaktérion: Phylactery</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">φυλακτήριον</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>phulaktérion<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>foo-lak-TAY-ree-on<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(foo-lak-tay'-ree-on)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Phylactery<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a phylactery, an amulet, a parchment capsule containing little parchment rolls with the Hebrew texts, affixed to the left upper arm or the forehead of men at morning prayer, and regarded as a protection (hence the name) against evil spirits.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek word φυλάσσω (phulassō), meaning "to guard" or "to protect."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent is תְּפִלִּין (tefillin), though the specific Strong's number for "tefillin" is not directly listed, related concepts can be found in entries like H4687 (mitzvah, commandment) and H226 (oth, sign).<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "phulaktérion" refers to small leather boxes containing strips of parchment inscribed with specific passages from the Torah. These boxes are traditionally worn by observant Jewish men during prayer as a reminder of God's commandments.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Phylacteries, also known as tefillin in Hebrew, have their origins in the Jewish tradition, based on commands found in the Torah, such as in Deuteronomy 6:8 and Exodus 13:9. These passages instruct the Israelites to bind God's words as a sign on their hands and between their eyes. The practice of wearing phylacteries became a physical manifestation of this command, serving as a daily reminder of one's devotion to God and His laws.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>5440</b> <i>phylaktḗrion</i> (from <a href="/greek/5442.htm">5442</a> <i>/phylássō</i>, "to keep, preserve") – <i>phylacteries</i>; small, leather cases containing four key passages of Scripture (Ex 13:1-10, 11-16; Dt 6:4-9, 13-21). Strapped to the inside of the left arm (between the shoulder and the elbow), phylacteries "rest over the <i>heart</i>" during prayer. They are also strapped on the <i>wrist</i> and <i>forehead</i> to signify how the Word of God should regulate all <i>behavior</i> and <i>thoughts</i>.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/greek/5442.htm">phulassó</a> and -térion (suff. denoting place)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>an outpost, fortification, an amulet<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>phylacteries (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5440: φυλακτήριον</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">φυλακτήριον</span></span>, <span class="greek2">φυλακτηριου</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (neuter of the adjective <span class="greek2">φυλακτηριος</span>, <span class="greek2">φυλακτήρια</span>, <span class="greek2">φυλακτήριον</span>, from <span class="greek2">φυλακτήρ</span> (`poetic for <span class="greek2">φύλαξ</span>')); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">a fortified place provided with a garrison, a station for a guard or garrison</span>. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">a preservative or safeguard, an amulet</span>: <span class="abbreviation">Demosthenes</span>, p. 71, 24; <span class="abbreviation">Dioscorides</span> (<DATE_RANGE:100 A.D.>?) 5, 158f (159f), often in <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>. The Jews gave the name of <span class="greek2">φυλακτήρια</span> (in the Talm. <span class="hebrew">תְּפִלִּין</span>, <span class="accented">prayer-fillets,</span> German <span class="foreign">Gebetsriemen</span>; (cf. O. T. 'frontlets')) to small strips of parchment on which were written the following passages from the law of Moses, <a href="/interlinear/exodus/13-1.htm">Exodus 13:1-10, 11-16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/11-13.htm">Deuteronomy 11:13-21</a>, and which, enclosed in little cases, they were accustomed when engaged in prayer to wear fastened by a leather strap to the forehead and to the left arm over against the heart, in order that they might thus be solemnly reminded of the duty of keeping the commands of God in the head and in the heart, according to the directions given in <a href="/interlinear/exodus/13-16.htm">Exodus 13:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18</a>; (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 4, 8, 13). These scrolls were thought to have power, like amulets, to avert various evils and to drive away demons (Targ. on <a href="/interlinear/songs/8-3.htm">Song of Solomon 8:3</a>); hence, their Greek name. (But see Ginsburg in Alex.'s Kitto, see under the words, Phylacteries (under the end) and Mezuza.) The Pharisees were accustomed <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">φυλακτήρια</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτῶν</span> <span class="greek2">πλατύνειν</span>, <span class="accented">to widen, make broad,</span> their phylacteries, that they might render them more conspicuous and show themselves to be more eager than the majority to be reminded of God's law: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/23-5.htm">Matthew 23:5</a>. Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s RWB, under the word Phylakterien; Leyrer in <span class="abbreviation">Herzog</span> xi., 639ff; Kneucker in <span class="abbreviation">Schenkel</span> 1:601f; Delitzsch in <span class="abbreviation">Riehm</span> 270f; (Edersheim, Jewish Social Life etc., p. 220ff; <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span> under the word Frontlets; especially <span class="abbreviation">Hamburger</span>, Real-Encycl., under the word Tephillin, vol. ii, p. 1203f; Ginsburg in Alex.'s Kitto as above).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>phylactery. <p>Neuter of a derivative of <a href="/greek/5442.htm">phulasso</a>; a guard-case, i.e. "phylactery" for wearing slips of Scripture texts -- phylactery. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5442.htm">phulasso</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>φυλακτηρια φυλακτήρια phulakteria phulaktēria phylakteria phylaktēria phylaktḗria<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/23-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 23:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/23.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γὰρ τὰ <b>φυλακτήρια</b> αὐτῶν καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for they broaden <span class="itali">their phylacteries</span> and lengthen<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> their <span class="itali">phylacteries,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/23-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> moreover the <span class="itali">phylacteries</span> of them and<p><b><a href="/greek/5440.htm">Strong's Greek 5440</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5440.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/phulakte_ria_5440.htm">φυλακτήρια — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/5439.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5439"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5439" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5441.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5441"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5441" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>