φύλαξ, φυλακός, ὁ (φυλάσσω), a guard, keeper: Act_5:23; Act_12:6; Act_12:19. (From Homer down; the Sept. for ωΙΡξΕψ.)

φύλαξ phylax 3x a watchman, guard, sentinel, Act_5:23 ; Act_12:6 ; Act_12:19

φύλαξ , -ακος , ὁ ( < φυλάσσω ), [in LXX for H8104 , H6697 ;] a guard, keeper: Act_5:23 ; Act_12:6 ; Act_12:19 .†

φύλαξ [page 678] a guard : P Hib I. 147 (early iii/B.C.) σύντασσε [τοὺς ] παρὰ σοὶ φ [ύ ]λακ̣α̣ς̤ φυλάσσειν καὶ προ [σ ]έχειν ἵνα κτλ ., P Oxy II. 803 (late i/B.C.) τοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ νομοῦ φύλακας , BGU III. 830 .24 (i/A.D.) τοὺς φιλακ̣ε̣ς ( l. φύλακας ) ἡ̣μῶν σκῦλον πρὸς αὐ [τ ]ήν , ib. 729 .11 (A.D. 137) ὃν δὲ ἐὰν βούληται ὁ Σαραπίων ὀπωροφύλακα φυλάσσι <ν > τῷ τῆς ὀπώρας καιρῷ φύλακα πέμψει , Sarapion shall send any guard whom he chooses in order to protect the fruit at the time of bearing (Edd.), and ib. VI. 931 .6 (ii/A.D.) ἔπεμψα διὰ τοῦ κομίσαντος [τ ]ὸ ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπιστόλιον φύλακος . . . I have sent by the guard who brought the letter from you. . . For the different orders of φύλακες see Jouguet Vie Municipale , p. 261 ff., and for φύλακτρον , police-tax, see P Oxy III. 502 .43 (A.D. 164) with the editors note.

φύλαξ φύ^λαξ, ακος, [Etym: φυλάσσω] "a watcher, guard, sentinel", Lat. excubitor, Hom. , attic; οἱ φ. "the garrison", Thuc. , Xen. , etc.; φύλακες τοῦ σώματος body "guards", Plat. ;—also as fem., κλῇς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ φ. Soph. , Eur. , etc. "a guardian, keeper, protector", Hes. , etc.;—c. gen. objecti, φ. δορός "a protector against" it, the spear, Eur. "an observer", τοῦ δόγματος Plat. ; τοῦ ἐπιταττομένου Xen. of things, φύλακες ἐπὶ τοῖς ὠνίοις, of the ἀγορανόμοι, Lys.

φύλαξ, -ακος, ὁ (φυλάσσω), [in LXX for שָׁמַר, צוּר ;] a guard, keeper: Act.5:23 12:6, 19.† (AS)