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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

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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 Box Mar 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:3 - who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him,[fn] not even with chains,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:4 - because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had often seized him, and he was kept under guard, bound with chains and shackles; and he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:7 - Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the commander came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:20 - “For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak with you, because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:20 - for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:16 - The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:1 - Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
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