ἅλυσις, or as it is commonly written
ἅλυσις [see WH's Appendix, p. 144],
-εως,
ἡ, (from the
α privative and
λύω, because a chain is
ἄλυτος,
i. e., not to be loosed [others from the root val, and allied with
εἱλέω, to restrain,
ἁλίζω, to collect, crowd; Curtius, § 660; Vanicek, p. 898]),
a chain, bond, by which the body, or any part of it (the hands, feet), is bound:
Mark 5:3;
Acts 21:33;
Acts 28:20;
Revelation 20:1;
ἐν ἁλύσει in chains, a prisoner,
Ephesians 6:20;
οὐκ ἐπαισχύνθη τὴν ἅλ.
μου he was not ashamed of my bonds,
i. e., did not desert me because I was a prisoner,
2 Timothy 1:16, specifically used of
a manacle or
handcuff, the chain by which the hands are bound together [yet cf. Meyer on Mark as below; per contra especially Bp. Lightfoot on Philippians, p. 8]:
Mark 5:4; [
Luke 8:29];
Acts 12:6f (From Herodotus down.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Mark
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5:3; 5:4
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Luke
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8:29
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Acts
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12:6; 21:33; 28:20
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Ephesians
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6:20
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2 Timothy
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1:16
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Revelation
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20:1
