King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Phylactery
CategoryCultural Term / Jewish Practice
Modern Equivalentsmall leather boxes containing scripture, worn during Jewish prayer.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionSmall leather boxes (Greek: phylakteria; Hebrew: tefillin) containing parchment scrolls with Scriptural passages (Exodus 13:1–10, 13:11–16; Deuteronomy 6:4–9, 11:13–21), strapped to the forehead and left arm during morning prayer. Jesus criticized the Pharisees for making theirs conspicuously large to draw attention.
Key Verses"But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments." (Matthew 23:5)