Mark 5:4
Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.
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ASV
because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no man had strength to tame him.
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 man tame him.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| διὰ | dia | because | G1223 → |
| τὸ | to | that | G3588 → |
| αὐτὸν | auton | he | G846 → |
| πολλάκις | pollakis | often | G4178 → |
| πέδαις | pedais | with shackles | G3976 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἁλύσεσιν | halusesin | with chains | G254 → |
| δεδέσθαι | dedesthai | to have been bound | G1210 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| διεσπάσθαι | diespasthai | to have been torn apart | G1288 → |
| ὑπ᾽ | hup᾽ | by | G5259 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | him | G846 → |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 → |
| ἁλύσεις | haluseis | chains | G254 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 → |
| πέδας | pedas | shackles | G3976 → |
| συντετρῖφθαι, | suntetriphthai | to have been shattered, | G4937 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| οὐδεὶς | oudeis | no [one] | G3762 → |
| ἴσχυεν | ischuen | was able | G2480 → |
| αὐτὸν | auton | him | G846 → |
| δαμάσαι. | damasai | to subdue. | G1150 → |
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