Words the Bible translates as protect
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- phulassōφυλάσσωto keep watch: to guard something so it comes to no harm, and by extension to keep a command or keep oneself out of harm's way
- diaphulassōδιαφυλάσσωto protectnot studied yet
- gananגָּנַןto shield: to spread protection over a place or people so that an attack never reaches them, something the Bible says only of God
- pasaḥפָּסַחto protect and spare from harm by standing guard over someone, so that a deadly threat cannot reach them.
+1 more meaning
- to limp, to move with an uneven, halting gait.
- phroureōφρουρέωto stand guard over someone or something the way a sentry or garrison does, whether to hold them in or to keep danger out
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