UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἅλυσις; -εως

Related lemmas: λύω

Sense 1: chain

Semantic entry: 6.16

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Instruments Used in Binding and Fastening

Definition: a series of connected metal links; used for binding objects together or restraining prisoners

Notes: In some languages a distinction is made between terms for a chain used in tying up a person and one employed in agricultural or industrial work.

Further resources: realia:3.21.4

MRK 5:3: RV MRK 5:3 · LV MRK 5:3 · Read together MRK 5:3

Show passage in OET

OET-RV MRK 5:3

3 He lived in those tombs, and no one could tie him up, not even with chains,

OET-LV MRK 5:3

3 who was _having his dwelling in the tombs, and no _one was _able to _bind him no _longer, not _even with _chain,

MRK 5:4: RV MRK 5:4 · LV MRK 5:4 · Read together MRK 5:4

Show passage in OET

OET-RV MRK 5:4

4 because he had often been tied up in the past with shackles and chains but had always pulled the chains apart and smashed the shackles, and no one was able to subdue him.

OET-LV MRK 5:4

4 because _of that him often to _have _bound with _shackles and chains, and the chains to _have _torn _apart by him and the shackles to _have _broken, and no _one was _able to _tame him.

All 10 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 5:3–4 · LV MRK 5:3–4 · Read together MRK 5:3–4

LUK: RV LUK 8:29 · LV LUK 8:29 · Read together LUK 8:29

ACT: RV ACT 12:6–7 · RV ACT 21:33 · RV ACT 28:20 · LV ACT 12:6–7 · LV ACT 21:33 · LV ACT 28:20 · Read together ACT 12:6–7 · Read together ACT 21:33 · Read together ACT 28:20

EPH: RV EPH 6:20 · LV EPH 6:20 · Read together EPH 6:20

TI2: RV TI2 1:16 · LV TI2 1:16 · Read together TI2 1:16

REV: RV REV 20:1 · LV REV 20:1 · Read together REV 20:1

Sense 2: to be in prison, imprisonment

Semantic entry: 37.115

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Imprison

Definition: (figurative extension of meaning of ἅλυσις[a] ‘chain,’ 6.16: ἅλυσις) the state of being in prison

Notes: The state of being a prisoner is often expressed somewhat idiomatically, for example, ‘to be tied hand and foot,’ ‘to be chained like a dog,’ or ‘to look through iron bars.’

EPH 6:20: RV EPH 6:20 · LV EPH 6:20 · Read together EPH 6:20

Show passage in OET

OET-RV EPH 6:20

20 that’s led me as a missionary to now be in prison. Ask that I would speak boldly as I should.

OET-LV EPH 6:20

20 for which I _am _being _an _ambassador in a_chain, in _order _that in it I _may _speak _boldly, as it _is _fitting me to _speak.

TI2 1:16: RV TI2 1:16 · LV TI2 1:16 · Read together TI2 1:16

Show passage in OET

OET-RV TI2 1:16

16 May the master show mercy to Onesiforos and his family, because he often cheered me up and he wasn’t ashamed of my chains.

OET-LV TI2 1:16

16 The master might _give mercy to _the household of _Onaʸsiforos, because he_ often _refreshed me, and was_ not _ashamed the chain of _me,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἅλυσις

Form 1

Sense 1: chain

Sense 2: to be in prison, imprisonment