Greek noun (feminine) · G254
ἅλυσις
halysishal'-oo-sis
chain
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hálysis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G254is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G254
a fetter or manacle
The King James renders it: bonds, chain.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
halysis is rendered "chain". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 5:3This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
Mark 5:3ἁλύσει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eleven uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- with chains4
- a chain2
- chain2
- chains2
- with a chain1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀλυσιτελής | alysiteles | unprofitable | Uses1 |
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἁλύσεσιν4
- ἁλύσει2
- ἁλύσεις2
- ἅλυσιν2
- ἅλυσίν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural4N-DPF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2N-DSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural1N-APF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Mark
three uses
This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
- ἁλύσειhaluseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: with a chain
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.
- ἁλύσεσινhalusesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: with chains
- ἁλύσειςhaluseisnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: chains
Luke
one use
For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
- ἁλύσεσινhalusesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: with chains
Acts
four uses
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
- ἁλύσεσινhalusesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: with chains
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
- ἁλύσειςhaluseisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: chains
The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
- ἁλύσεσινhalusesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: with chains
So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
- ἅλυσινhalusinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: chain
Ephesians
one use
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
- ἁλύσειhaluseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: a chain
2 Timothy
one use
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
- ἅλυσίνhalusinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: chain
Revelation
one use
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
- ἅλυσινhalusinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a chain
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.