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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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, ὁ and ἡ, 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - He [fn]defeated 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - His servants said to him, “Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save your [fn]life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:32

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were hangings of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:10 - “A noose for him is hidden in the ground,
And a trap for him on the path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 - “And if they are bound in fetters,
And are caught in the cords of affliction,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 - The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:55

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:61

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:61 - The cords of the wicked have encircled me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:5

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - Now it will come about that instead of [fn]sweet perfume there will be putrefaction;
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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of [fn]falsehood,
And sin as if with cart ropes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed habitation,
A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords be torn apart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Your tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
The lame will take the plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-melech took the men under his [fn]authority 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:12

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - So they pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern, and Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guardhouse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:24

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:8

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - “On that day they will take up against you a [fn]taunt
And [fn]utter a bitter lamentation and say,
‘We are completely destroyed!
He exchanges the portion of my people;
How He removes it from me!
To the apostate He apportions our fields.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:5 - “Therefore you will have no one [fn]stretching a measuring line
For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:1 - [fn]Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
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