Phylacteries
טוֹטָפוֹתStrong’s H2903tophaphah (to-pha-phah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tophaphah is the Hebrew word usually translated “marks”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.”
Meaning
- Bands, phylacteries, frontlets, marks
How it's translated
- for marks 2
- and marks 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 2
- Exodus 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
טוֹטָפוֹת tophaphah · phylacteries
bands, phylacteries, frontlets, marks
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “phylactery” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PHYLAC'TERY, noun
[Gr. to defend or guard.]
- In a general sense, any charm, spell or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease.
- Among the Jews, a slip of parchment on which was written some text of Scripture, particularly of the decalogue, worn by devout persons on the forehead, breast or neck as a mark of their religion.
- Among the primitive christians, a case in which they inclosed the relics of the dead.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.