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Lexicon :: Strong's G4979 - schoinion

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σχοινίον
Transliteration
schoinion (Key)
Pronunciation
skhoy-nee'-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Diminutive of schoinos (a rush or flag-plant, of uncertain derivation)
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Strong’s Definitions

σχοινίον schoiníon, skhoy-nee'-on; diminutive of σχοῖνος schoînos (a rush or flag-plant; of uncertain derivation); a rushlet, i.e. grass-withe or tie (generally):—small cord, rope.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4979 in the following manner: small cord (1x), rope (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4979 in the following manner: small cord (1x), rope (1x).
  1. a cord or rope made of rushes

  2. a rope

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σχοινίον schoiníon, skhoy-nee'-on; diminutive of σχοῖνος schoînos (a rush or flag-plant; of uncertain derivation); a rushlet, i.e. grass-withe or tie (generally):—small cord, rope.
STRONGS G4979:
σχοινίον, σχοινιου, τό (diminutive of the noun σχοῖνος, and , a rush), from Herodotus down, properly, a cord or rope made of rushes; universally, a rope: John 2:15; Acts 27:32.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
2:15
Acts
27:32

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4979 matches the Greek σχοινίον (schoinion),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 -

He also struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:13 - “If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel shall carry ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the [fn]valley until not even a small stone is found there.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 -

Then his servants said to him, “Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are kings of lovingkindness, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will preserve your [fn]life.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were hangings of fine white and [fn]blue linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble pillars, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:10 -

“A rope for him is hidden in the ground,

And a trap for him on the path.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 -

“And if they are bound in fetters,

And are caught in the cords of affliction,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 -

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;

Indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 -

He also drove out the nations before them

And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,

And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:61 -

The cords of the wicked have encircled me,

But I have not forgotten Your law.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 -

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;

They have spread a net by the [fn]wayside;

They have set snares for me. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember Him before the silver [fn]cord is [fn]snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the spring is broken and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 -

Now it will be that instead of [fn]sweet perfume there will be the smell of rot;

Instead of a belt, a rope;

Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp;

Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth;

And branding instead of beauty.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 -

Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of worthlessness,

And sin as if with cart ropes,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 -

Behold Zion, the city of our appointed times;

Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an abode at ease,

A tent which will not be folded;

Its stakes will never be pulled up,

Nor any of its cords ever be torn apart.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 -

Your cords hang slack;

They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly,

Nor spread out the sail.

Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;

The lame will take the plunder.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-melech took the men in his hand and went into the king’s palace to a place beneath the storeroom and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12 - Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these worn-out clothes and rags under your armpits under the ropes”; and Jeremiah did so.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - So they pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and brought him up from the cistern, and Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - “They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of [fn]blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:8 -

“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,

And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - “Therefore, thus says Yahweh, ‘Your wife will play the harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die [fn]upon unclean land. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 -

“On that day they will take up against you a [fn]taunt

And [fn]utter a bitter wailing and say,

‘We are completely devastated!

He exchanges the portion of my people;

How He removes it from me!

To the faithless one, He apportions our fields.’

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:5 -

“Therefore you will have no one [fn]stretching a measuring line

For you by lot in the assembly of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:1 -

[fn]Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there was a man with a measuring cord in his hand.

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