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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, 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 - Then he defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:13 - “Moreover, if he has withdrawn into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city; and we will pull it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - Then his servants said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please, let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they wore sackcloth around their waists and put ropes around 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 white and blue linen curtains fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on silver rods and marble pillars; and the couches were of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of alabaster, turquoise, and white and black marble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 - And if they are bound in fetters,
Held 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;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He also drove out the nations before them,
Allotted them an inheritance by survey,
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 bound 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 snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed,[fn]
Or the golden bowl is broken,
Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain,
Or the wheel broken at the well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - And so it shall be:

Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench;
Instead of a sash, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, baldness;
Instead of a rich robe, a girding 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 draw iniquity with cords of vanity,
And sin as if with a cart rope;

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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, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
Not one of its stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Your tackle is loosed,
They could not strengthen their mast,
They could not spread the sail.

Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
The lame take the prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old clothes and old rags, and let them down by ropes into the dungeon 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, “Please put these old 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 ropes and lifted him out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - “These were your merchants in choice items—in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:8 - They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge,
And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - “Therefore thus says the LORD:

‘Your wife shall be a harlot in the city;
Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword;
Your land shall be divided by survey line;
You shall die in a defiled land;
And Israel shall surely be led away captive
From his own land.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day one shall take up a proverb against you,
And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying:
‘We are utterly destroyed!
He has changed the heritage of my people;
How He has removed it from me!
To a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:5 - Therefore you will have no one to determine boundaries[fn] by lot
In the assembly of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:1 - Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
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