Strong's Lexicon
G4979 — σχοινίον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4979 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σχοινίον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | diminutive of schoinos (a rush or flag-plant, of uncertain derivation) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | schoinion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | skhoy-nee'-on |
| Meaning: | 1. a rushlet, i.e. grass-withe or tie (generally) |
| KJV Renderings: | small cord, rope |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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: Joh 2:15; Act 27:32.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σχοινίον (small cord)
John 2:15
- KJV: And when he had made a scourge of small cords he drove them all out of the temple and the sheep and the oxen and poured out the changers’ money and overthrew the tables
- GK: και ποιήσας φραγέλλιον εκ σχοινίων πάντας εξέβαλεν εκ του ιερού τα τε πρόβατα και τους βόας και των κολλυβιστών εξέχεε το κέρμα και τας τραπέζας ανέστρεψε
Acts 27:32
- KJV: Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let her fall off
- GK: τότε οι στρατιώται απέκοψαν τα σχοινία της σκάφης και είασαν αυτήν εκπεσείν
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