- Original: φυλάσσω - Transliteration: Phulasso - Phonetic: foo-las'-so - Definition: 1. to guard a. to watch, keep watch b. to guard or watch, have an eye upon: lest he escape c. to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe 1. lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, etc. to protect 2. to protect one from a person or thing 3. to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and unimpaired 4. to guard from being lost or perishing 5. to guard one's self from a thing d. to guard i.e. care for, take care not to violate 1. to observe 2. to observe for one's self something to escape a. to avoid, shun flee from b. 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) - Origin: probably from G5443 through the idea of isolation - TDNT entry: 12:56,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Probably from G5443 through the idea of isolation; to watch that is be on guard (literally or figuratively); by implication to preserve. obey avoid: - beware keep (self) observe save. Compare G5083 . Total KJV Occurrences: 25 • beware, 1 2 Peter 3:17 • keep, 11 Act 12:4; Act 16:4; Act 21:25; Romans 2:26; Galatians 6:13; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:14; 1 John 5:21; Jude 1:24 • keepest, 1 Act 21:24 • keeping, 1 Luke 2:8 • kept, 7 Mat 19:20; Luke 8:29; Luke 18:21; Act 7:53; Act 22:20; Act 23:35; Act 28:16 • observe, 1 1 Timothy 5:21 • observed, 1 Mar 10:20 • saved, 1 2 Peter 2:5 • ware, 1 2 Timothy 4:15