ἅλυσις halusis

Greek word for “chain” · Strong’s G254 · used 11 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ἅλυσις, -εως, ἡ; a chain, bond:, 21:33 28:20.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for halusis in context, with how often each is used:

• chains 6
• chain 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 5 (2), Acts 12 (2), Luke 8 (1), Acts 21 (1), Acts 28 (1), Ephesians 6 (1), 2 Timothy 1 (1), Revelation 20 (1)

Forms

• ἁλύσεσιν 4
• ἁλύσει 2
• ἁλύσεις 2
• ἅλυσιν 2
• ἅλυσίν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with halusis more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• δέω deō “to bind” 4
• πέδη pedē “fetter” 2
• πολλάκις pollakis “often” 2
• δύο duo “two” 2
• Πέτρος Petros “Peter” 2
• χείρ cheir “hand” 2
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 2
• ὑπό hupo “by/under” 2
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 2
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 2

Key verses

The verses using halusis that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Mark 5:3 — Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
• Mark 5:4 — 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…
• Luke 8:29 — (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he…
• Acts 12:6 — And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door…
• Acts 12:7 — And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up…
• Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
• Acts 28:20 — For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
• Ephesians 6:20 — For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
• 2 Timothy 1:16 — The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
• Revelation 20:1 — And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.