Word

σκέλος

skélos · G4628 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

leg

Limb of a human or animal that supports the body and is used for movement; the two human legs extend from the top of the thigh to the foot

Examples
John 19:31 Now then, since it was the day of preparation, to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews requested of Pilate that their legs be broken, and the bodies be taken away.
John 19:32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man, and of the other who was crucified with Him;
John 19:33 but after they came to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
ἄλλοςother, another 1
πρῶτοςfirst 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

κατάγνυμιto break 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

κατάγνυμιto break 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

כָּרָע kârâʻ · H3767 · leg bones: Hebrew כָּרָע (kârâʻ, H3767) and Greek σκέλος (skélos, G4628) both denote the physical leg, with the Greek term specifically emphasizing the leg's lank or lean quality while the Hebrew term is the standard anatomical designation for leg.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Leg8.46: The noun names the human leg. John records the crucifixion's aftermath: “the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man, and of the other who was crucified with Him” (John 19:32).

Word family 7 words

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

σκέλοςskélos · G4628σκληρύνω sklērýnō · G4645 · to make stubborn, to make obstinate, to be stubborn · 6×σκληρός sklērós · G4642 · harsh, strong, violent · 5×σκολιός skoliós · G4646 · winding, crooked, unscrupulous · 4×σκληροκαρδία sklērokardía · G4641 · stubborn, completely unyielding · 3×σκληρότης sklērótēs · G4643 · stubbornness · 1×σκληροτράχηλος sklērotráchēlos · G4644 · stubborn, completely unyielding · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σκελους, τό, from Homer down, the leg i. e. from the hip to the toes inclusive: Jn…

σκελους, τό, from Homer down, the leg i. e. from the hip to the toes inclusive: Jn 19:31f, 33.

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Parts of the Body3 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