Strong's #5442: phulasso (pronounced foo-las'-so)

probably from 5443 through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. be on guard (literally of figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid:--beward, keep (self), observe, save. Compare 5083.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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phulassō

1) to guard

1a) to watch, keep watch

1b) to guard or watch, have an eye upon: lest he escape

1c) to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe

1c1) lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, etc. to protect

1c2) to protect one from a person or thing

1c3) to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and unimpaired

1c4) to guard from being lost or perishing

1c5) to guard one' s self from a thing

1d) to guard, i.e. care for, take care not to violate

1d1) to observe

2) to observe for one' s self something to escape

2a) to avoid, shun flee from

2b) to guard for one' s self (i.e. for one' s safety' s sake) so as not to violate, i.e. to keep, observe (the precepts of the Mosaic law)

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: probably from G5443 through the idea of isolation

Citing in TDNT: 9:236, 1280

Usage:

This word is used 30 times:

 

Matthew 19:20: "unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what"
Mark 10:20: "Master, all these have I observed from my youth."
Luke 2:8: "shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock"
Luke 8:29: "oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and"
Luke 11:21: "When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods"
Luke 11:28: "word of God, and keep it."
Luke 12:15: "them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's"
Luke 18:21: "said, All these have I kept from my youth"
John 12:25: "in this world shall keep it unto life eternal."
John 17:12: "those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them"
Acts 7:53: "of angels, and have not kept"
Acts 12:4: "him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter"
Acts 16:4: "them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles"
Acts 21:24: "that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law."
Acts 21:25: "no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and"
Acts 22:20: "unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him."
Acts 23:35: "And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall."
Acts 28:16: "himself with a soldier that kept him."
Romans 2:26: "if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law,"
Galatians 6:13: "neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you"
2 Thessalonians 3:3: "shall establish you, and keep you from evil."
1 Timothy 5:21: "elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing"
1 Timothy 6:20: "O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and"
2 Timothy 1:12: "that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that"
2 Timothy 1:14: "That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in"
2 Timothy 4:15: "Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our"
2 Peter 2:5: "the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness,"
2 Peter 3:17: "therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error"
1 John 5:21: "Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen."
Jude 1:24: "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless"