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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 BoxMar 5:3 - que tenía su morada en los sepulcros, y nadie podía atarle, ni aun con cadenas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:4 - Porque muchas veces había sido atado con grillos y cadenas, mas las cadenas habían sido hechas pedazos por él, y desmenuzados los grillos; y nadie le podía dominar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuc 8:29 - (Porque mandaba al espíritu inmundo que saliese del hombre, pues hacía mucho tiempo que se había apoderado de él; y le ataban con cadenas y grillos, pero rompiendo las cadenas, era impelido por el demonio a los desiertos.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxHech 12:6 - Y cuando Herodes le iba a sacar, aquella misma noche estaba Pedro durmiendo entre dos soldados, sujeto con dos cadenas, y los guardas delante de la puerta custodiaban la cárcel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 12:7 - Y he aquí que se presentó un ángel del Señor, y una luz resplandeció en la cárcel; y tocando a Pedro en el costado, le despertó, diciendo: Levántate pronto. Y las cadenas se le cayeron de las manos.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 21:33 - Entonces, llegando el tribuno, le prendió y le mandó atar con dos cadenas, y preguntó quién era y qué había hecho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 28:20 - Así que por esta causa os he llamado para veros y hablaros; porque por la esperanza de Israel estoy sujeto con esta cadena.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ef 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEf 6:20 - por el cual soy embajador en cadenas; que con denuedo hable de él, como debo hablar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Tim 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Tim 1:16 - Tenga el Señor misericordia de la casa de Onesíforo, porque muchas veces me confortó, y no se avergonzó de mis cadenas,

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Unchecked Copy Box Apoc 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxApoc 20:1 - Vi a un ángel que descendía del cielo, con la llave del abismo, y una gran cadena en la mano.
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