Strong's Lexicon
G3976
G3976 — πέδη
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3976 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πέδη |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | ultimately from G4228 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | pede |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ped'-ay |
| Meaning: | 1. a shackle for the feet |
| KJV Renderings: | fetter |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πέδη, πεδης, ἡ (from πέζα the foot, instep), a fetter, shackle for the feet: Mar 5:4; Luk 8:29. (From Homer down; the Sept..)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πέδη (fetter)
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