King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1314
Transliteration: diaphylassō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-af-oo-las'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to guard carefully
Meaning: to guard carefully
διαφυλάσσω: 1 aorist infinitive διαφυλάξαι; from Herodotus down; to guard carefully: τινα, Luke 4:10 from Psalm 90:11 (). "The seventy chose to employ this term especially of God's providential care; cf. Genesis 28:15; Joshua 24:17; Psalm 40:3 (). Hence, it came to pass that the later writers at the close of their letters used to write διαφυλαττοι, διαφυλαξοι ὑμᾶς ὁ Θεός, cf. Theodoret. iii., pp. 800, 818, 826 (editions Schulze, Nosselt, etc. Hal.)." Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 16.
Word Summary
diaphylassō: to guard carefully
Original Word: διαφυλάσσωTransliteration: diaphylassō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-af-oo-las'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to guard carefully
Meaning: to guard carefully
Strong's Concordance
to guard, protectFrom dia and phulasso; to guard thoroughly, i.e. Protect -- keep.
see GREEK dia
see GREEK phulasso
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1314: διαφυλάσσωδιαφυλάσσω: 1 aorist infinitive διαφυλάξαι; from Herodotus down; to guard carefully: τινα, Luke 4:10 from Psalm 90:11