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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:3 - This man lived among the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:4 - Whenever he was put into chains and shackles—as he often was—he snapped the chains from his wrists and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:29 - For Jesus had already commanded the evil[fn] spirit to come out of him. This spirit had often taken control of the man. Even when he was placed under guard and put in chains and shackles, he simply broke them and rushed out into the wilderness, completely under the demon’s power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:7 - Suddenly, there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the Lord stood before Peter. The angel struck him on the side to awaken him and said, “Quick! Get up!” And the chains fell off his wrists.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the commander arrested him and ordered him bound with two chains. He asked the crowd who he was and what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:20 - I asked you to come here today so we could get acquainted and so I could explain to you that I am bound with this chain because I believe that the hope of Israel—the Messiah—has already come.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:20 - I am in chains now, still preaching this message as God’s ambassador. So pray that I will keep on speaking boldly for him, as I should.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:16 - May the Lord show special kindness to Onesiphorus and all his family because he often visited and encouraged me. He was never ashamed of me because I was in chains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:1 - Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit[fn] and a heavy chain in his hand.
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