Word Study · Strong's G5469 · Greek

χαλινός

chalinos

khal-ee-nos'

Strong's 1890 spelling: chalinós

“a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)

Rendered in the KJV as

bit, bridle.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

χαλινοὺς1
χαλινῶν1

How it is rendered · 2

bits1
bridles1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1
noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1

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N-APM · 1
N-GPM · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

James1 of 2 · 50%
Revelation1 of 2 · 50%

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James1 occurrence

James 3:3χαλινοὺςchalinousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralWhen we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.here: bits

Revelation1 occurrence

Revelation 14:20χαλινῶνchalinōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralAnd the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.here: bridles

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