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Lexicon :: Strong's G4628 - skelos

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σκέλος
Transliteration
skelos (Key)
Pronunciation
skel'-os
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from skello (to parch, through the idea of leanness)
mGNT
3x in 1 unique form(s) TR
3x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
9x in 3 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

σκέλος skélos, skel'-os; apparently from σκέλλω skéllō (to parch; through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank):—leg.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4628 in the following manner: leg (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4628 in the following manner: leg (3x).

  1. the leg, from the hip to the toes inclusive

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκέλος skélos, skel'-os; apparently from σκέλλω skéllō (to parch; through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank):—leg.
STRONGS G4628:
σκέλος, σκελους, τό, from Homer down, the leg i. e. from the hip to the toes inclusive: John 19:31f, 33.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
19:31; 19:33

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4628 matches the Greek σκέλος (skelos),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:6 - And he had bronze armor on his legs, and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:37 - You gave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet[fn] did not slip;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:7 - Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless,
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:7 - Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf’s foot. And they sparkled like burnished bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:25 - At the head of every street you built your lofty place and made your beauty an abomination, offering yourself[fn] to any passerby and multiplying your whoring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:4 - put in it the pieces of meat,
all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder;
fill it with choice bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - Thus says the LORD: “As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part[fn] of a bed.
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