Strong's Lexicon
G254 — ἅλυσις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G254 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἅλυσις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | of uncertain derivation |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | halusis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hal'-oo-sis |
| Meaning: | 1. a fetter or manacle |
| KJV Renderings: | bonds, chain |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἅλυσις, or as it is commonly written ἅλυσις (see WH’s Appendix, p. 144), (εως, ἡ (from the alpha 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: Mar 5:3; Act 21:33; Act 28:20; Rev 20:1; ἐν ἁλύσει in chains, a prisoner, Eph 6:20; οὐκ ἐπαισχυνθῇ τήν ἁλύσειν μου he was not ashamed of my bonds, i. e., did not desert me because I was a prisoner, 2Ti 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 Lightfoot on Philippians, p. 8): Mar 5:4; (Luk 8:29); Act 12:6 f (From Herodotus down.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἅλυσις (bonds)
Mark 5:3
- KJV: Who had dwelling among the tombs and no man could bind him no, not with chains
- GK: ος την κατοίκησιν είχεν εν τοις μνημείοις και ούτε αλύσεσιν ουδείς ηδύνατο αυτόν δήσαι
Mark 5:4
- KJV: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains and the chains had been plucked asunder by him and the fetters broken in pieces neither could any tame him
- GK: διά το αυτόν πολλάκις πέδαις και αλύσεσι δεδέσθαι και διεσπάσθαι υπ΄ αυτού τας αλύσεις και τας πέδας συντετρίφθαι και ουδείς αυτόν ίσχυε δαμάσαι
Luke 8:29
- KJV: For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man For oftentimes it had caught him and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters and he brake the bands and was driven of the devil into the wilderness
- GK: παρήγγελλε γαρ τω πνεύματι τω ακαθάρτω εξελθείν από του ανθρώπου πολλοίς γαρ χρόνοις συνηρπάκει αυτόν και εδεσμείτο αλύσεσι και πέδαις φυλασσόμενος και διαρρήσσων τα δεσμά ηλαύνετο υπό του δαίμονος εις τας ερήμους
Acts 12:6
- KJV: And when Herod would have brought him forth the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers bound with two chains and the keepers before the door kept the prison
- GK: οτε δε έμελλε αυτόν προαγείν ο Ηρώδης τη νυκτί εκείνη ην ο Πέτρος κοιμώμενος μεταξύ δύο στρατιωτών δεδεμένος αλύσεσι δυσί φύλακές τε προ της θύρας ετήρουν την φυλακήν
Acts 12:7
- KJV: And behold the angel of the Lord came upon and a light shined in the prison and he smote Peter on the side and raised him up saying Arise up quickly And his chains fell off from hands
- GK: και ιδού άγγελος κυρίου επέστη και φως έλαμψεν εν τω οικήματι πατάξας δε την πλευράν του Πέτρου ήγειρεν αυτόν λέγων ανάστα εν τάχει και εξέπεσον αυτού αι αλύσεις εκ των χειρών
Acts 21:33
- KJV: Then the chief captain came near and took him and commanded to be bound with two chains and demanded who he was and what he had done
- GK: εγγίσας δε ο χιλίαρχος επελάβετο αυτού και εκέλευσε δεθήναι αλύσεσι δυσί και επυνθάνετο τις αν είη και τι εστι πεποιηκώς
Acts 28:20
- KJV: For this cause therefore have I called for you to see and to speak with because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain
- GK: διά ταύτην ουν την αιτίαν παρεκάλεσα υμάς ιδείν και προσλαλήσαι ένεκεν γαρ της ελπίδος του Ισραήλ την άλυσιν ταύτην περίκειμαι
Ephesians 6:20
- KJV: For which I am an ambassador in bonds that therein I may speak boldly as I ought to speak
- GK: υπέρ ου πρεσβεύω εν αλύσει ίνα εν αυτώ παρρησιάσωμαι ως δει με λαλήσαι
2 Timothy 1:16
- KJV: The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain
- GK: δώη έλεος ο κύριος τω Ονησιφόρου οίκω ότι πολλάκις με ανέψυξε και την άλυσίν μου ουκ επαισχύνθη
Revelation 20:1
- KJV: And I saw an angel come down from heaven having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand
- GK: και είδον άγγελον καταβαίνοντα εκ του ουρανού έχοντα την κλείν της αβύσσου και άλυσιν μεγάλην επί την χείρα αυτού