UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σειρά

MainId: 004477000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4577

AlternateLemmas: σιρά

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 004477001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: σειρά
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ᾶς
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 004477001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 6.15
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Artifacts
  LEXSubDomains: Instruments Used in Binding and Fastening
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-09 19:51:38
    DefinitionShort: a pliable instrument of binding
    Glosses: chain (made of metal) or rope (made of fiber)
    Comments: 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 ({S:06100200400020}) is admittedly a strange expression, and in some manuscripts this gave rise to a slight change in orthography (σιροῖς; see {D:1.59}) 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.’
  LEXReferences: 2PET 2:4