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Lexicon :: Strong's G254 - halysis

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ἅλυσις
Transliteration
halysis (Key)
Pronunciation
hal'-oo-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Strong’s Definitions

ἅλυσις hálysis, hal'-oo-sis; of uncertain derivation; a fetter or manacle:—bonds, chain.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G254 in the following manner: chain (10x), bonds (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G254 in the following manner: chain (10x), bonds (1x).
  1. a chain, bond by which the body or any part of it (hands, feet) is bound

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἅλυσις hálysis, hal'-oo-sis; of uncertain derivation; a fetter or manacle:—bonds, chain.
STRONGS G254:
ἅλυσις, or as it is commonly written ἅλυσις [see WH's Appendix, p. 144], -εως, , (from the α privative and λύω, because a chain is ἄλυτος, i. e., not to be loosed [others from the root val, and allied with εἱλέω, to restrain, ἁλίζω, to collect, crowd; Curtius, § 660; Vanicek, p. 898]), a chain, bond, by which the body, or any part of it (the hands, feet), is bound: Mark 5:3; Acts 21:33; Acts 28:20; Revelation 20:1; ἐν ἁλύσει in chains, a prisoner, Ephesians 6:20; οὐκ ἐπαισχύνθη τὴν ἅλ. μου he was not ashamed of my bonds, i. e., did not desert me because I was a prisoner, 2 Timothy 1:16, specifically used of a manacle or handcuff, the chain by which the hands are bound together [yet cf. Meyer on Mark as below; per contra especially Bp. Lightfoot on Philippians, p. 8]: Mark 5:4; [Luke 8:29]; Acts 12:6f (From Herodotus down.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
5:3; 5:4
Luke
8:29
Acts
12:6; 21:33; 28:20
Ephesians
6:20
2 Timothy
1:16
Revelation
20:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G254 matches the Greek ἅλυσις (halysis),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:3 - who had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain G254;
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:4 - because he had often been bound with shackles and chains G254, and the chains G254 had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him many times, and he was bound with chains G254 and shackles, being kept under guard. And yet breaking his bonds, he was driven by the demon into the desolate regions.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 -

Now on [fn]the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains G254, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:7 - And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and woke him up, saying, “Rise up quickly.” And his chains G254 fell off his hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains G254; and he began asking who he was and what he had done.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:20 - “For this reason, therefore, I [fn]requested to see you and to speak with you, for I am wearing this chain G254 for the sake of the hope of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:20 - for which I am an ambassador in [fn]chains G254—so that [fn]in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:16 - The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my [fn]chains G254,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:1 -

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain G254 [fn]in his hand.

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