UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: σειρά; -ᾶς

Sense 1: chain (made of metal) or rope (made of fiber)

Semantic entry: 6.15

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Instruments Used in Binding and Fastening

Definition: a pliable instrument of binding

Notes: In a number of languages a term for chain is simply metal rope. In other languages it may be described as linked rope in contrast with twisted rope, that is, a rope made out of some kind of fiber.|The phrase σειραῖς ζόφου (OET PE2 2:4) is admittedly a strange expression, and in some manuscripts this gave rise to a slight change in orthography (σιροῖς; see 1.59: σιρός) with the resulting meaning being ‘in pits of darkness.’ If, however, one adopts the text ἀλλὰ σειραῖς ζόφου ταρταρώσας, it may be possible to interpret the entire expression as ‘but he chained them in the darkness of hell.’

Show passage in OET: PE2 2:4

OET-RV PE2 2:4

4 Because if God didn’t spare the messengers when they sinned, but chained them in darkness and kept them to be delivered to judgement in due course,

OET-LV PE2 2:4

4 For/Because if the god not spared of_the_messengers having _sinned, but having _committed _to_the_underworld them to _pits of _darkness, gave _over them for judgement being _kept,

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σειρά

Form 1

Sense 1: chain (made of metal) or rope (made of fiber)