| Lexical Summary phylax: a guard, keeperOriginal Word: φύλαξ Transliteration: phylax Phonetic Spelling: (foo'-lax) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a guard, keeper Meaning: a guard, keeper Strong's Concordancekeeper. From phulasso; a watcher or sentry -- keeper. see GREEK phulasso Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 5441: φύλαξ φύλαξ, φυλακός, ὁ (φυλάσσω), a guard, keeper: Acts 5:23; Acts 12:6, 19. (From Homer down; the Sept. for שֹׁמֵר.) | 



