φυλακτήριον, -ου, τό 1) an outpost, fortification (Thuc, al.). 2) a safeguard (Plat.). 3)
an amulet (Plut, al.); in NT for the Talmudic תְּפִלִּין, a prayer fillet, a phylactery, a small strip of parchment on which portions of the law were written and worn on the forehead and next the heart (cf. Exo.13:16): Mat.23:5. (
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