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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, ἡ, (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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:3 - and he had G2192 his dwelling G2731 among G1722 the tombs. G3418 And no G3761 G3762 one G3762 was able G1410 to bind G1210 him anymore, G3765 even G3761 with a chain; G254

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:4 - because G1223 he had often G4178 been bound G1210 with shackles G3976 and chains, G254 and the chains G254 had been torn G1288 apart G1288 by him and the shackles G3976 broken G4937 in pieces, G4937 and no G3762 one G3762 was strong G2480 enough G2480 to subdue G1150 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For He had commanded G3853 the unclean G169 spirit G4151 to come G1831 out of the man. G444 For it had seized G4884 him many G4183 times; G5550 and he was bound G1195 with chains G254 and shackles G3976 and kept G5442 under G5442 guard, G5442 and yet he would break G1284 his bonds G1199 and be driven G1643 by the demon G1140 into the desert. G2048

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - On [fn]the very G1565 night G3571 when G3753 Herod G2264 was about G3195 to bring G4254 him forward, G4254 Peter G4074 was sleeping G2837 between G3342 two G1417 soldiers, G4757 bound G1210 with two G1417 chains, G254 and guards G5441 in front G4253 of the door G2374 were watching G5083 over G5083 the prison. G5438

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:7 - And behold, G2400 an angel G32 of the Lord G2962 suddenly appeared G2186 and a light G5457 shone G2989 in the cell; G3612 and he struck G3960 Peter’s G4074 side G4125 and woke G1453 him up, saying, G3004 “Get G450 up quickly.” G5034 And his chains G254 fell G1601 off G1601 his hands. G5495

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then G5119 the [fn]commander G5506 came G1448 up and took G1949 hold G1949 of him, and ordered G2753 him to be bound G1210 with two G1417 chains; G254 and he began asking G4441 who G5101 he was and what G5101 he had done. G4160

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:20 - “For this G3778 reason, G156 therefore, G3767 I [fn]requested G3870 to see G3708 you and to speak G4354 with you, for I am wearing G4029 this G3778 chain G254 for the sake G6025 of the hope G1680 of Israel.” G2474

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:20 - for which G3739 I am G4243 an ambassador G4243 in [fn]chains; G254 that [fn]in proclaiming it I may speak G3955 boldly, G3955 as I ought G1163 to speak. G2980

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:16 - The Lord G2962 grant G1325 mercy G1656 to the house G3624 of Onesiphorus, G3683 for he often G4178 refreshed G404 me and was not ashamed G1870 of my [fn]chains; G254

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:1 - Then G2532 I saw G3708 an angel G32 coming G2597 down G2597 from heaven, G3772 holding G2192 the key G2807 of the abyss G12 and a great G3173 chain G254 [fn]in his hand. G5495
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