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πέδη

pédē · G3976 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. fetter, shackle

    Metal chains with special links prepared to go around the ankles; used to restrict the movement of a prisoner

    Examples

    Mark 5:4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces; and no one was strong enough to subdue him.

    Luke 8:29 For He had already commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him many times; and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and yet he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into the desert.

How it’s used In 1 role

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1 occurrences in 1 groups

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Semantic domains 1 entry
Fetter, shackle6.17
πέδη names a restraint fastened around the feet of a captive, as Mark describes the demoniac's history of failed restraint: “because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.” (Mark 5:4)
Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πούς poús · G4228 · foot, to be very hospitable to · 93×ὑποπόδιον hypopódion · G5286 · footstool, under the complete control of · 7×πέδηpédē · G3976πεζῇ pezēi · G3979 · on foot, by land · 2×πηδάλιον pēdálion · G4079 · rudder · 2×πεδινός pedinós · G3977 · level · 1×πεζεύω pezeúō · G3978 · to go by foot, to go by land · 1×ποδήρης podḗrēs · G4158 · a robe reaching to the feet, long robe · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πεδης, ἡ (from πέζα the foot, instep), a fetter, shackle for the feet: Mk 5:4; Lk 8:29.…
πεδης, ἡ (from πέζα the foot, instep), a fetter, shackle for the feet: Mk 5:4; Lk 8:29. (From Homer down; the Sept..)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Instruments Used in Binding and Fastening3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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