σειρά
seirá · G4577 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Thing
- ChainPrison and penal activity46 verses
Meanings
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A pliable instrument of binding (chain (made of metal) or rope (made of fiber))
Examples2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, held for judgment;
How it’s used In 1 role
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the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ζόφοςgloom 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἅλυσις hálysis · G254 · chain, to be in prison, imprisonment
- Common Greek word for chain, particularly used for binding prisoners; more frequent than σειρά and overlaps in the sense of a restraining chain
- δεσμόν desmón · G1199 · bonds, chains, fetters
- Greek word for bond or fetter, emphasizing the binding/restraining function that σειρά also conveys
In the other Testament 2 words
- רְתֻקָה rᵉthuqâh · H7577 · chain
- Hebrew word for chain or fetter, a direct translation equivalent for the binding/restraining sense of σειρά
- זִיקָה zîyqâh · H2131 · chains, fetters, firebrand
- Hebrew plural noun for chains or fetters used for binding prisoners or captives
Semantic domains 1 entry
- [Glosses - en]1.59
- The noun names a binding chain, used of the fallen angels' confinement. Peter writes, “God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, held for judgment” (2 Peter 2:4).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σειράς, ἡ (εἴρω, to fasten, bind together, (akin to Latinsero, series, servus, etc.); cf.…
a. a line, a rope.
b. a chain: σειραῖς ζόφου (A. V. to chains of darkness, i. e.) to darkness as if to chains, 2 Pet 2:4 R G (but Tr WH have σειροις, L T σιροις, which see in their place); μία ἁλύσει σκότους πάντες ἐδέθησαν, Wis. 17:17 (18).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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