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Koine Greek wordlink #104857

SR GNT Acts 28:20 ἅλυσιν (halusin) ‘of the hope of Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) chain this I am_being encompassed in’ Strongs=2540 Lemma=halusis
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=62 AD Event=Paul's_First_Roman_imprisonment TimeSeries=Paul's_First_Roman_imprisonment,Paul's_Journey_to_Rome

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ἅλυσιν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἅλυσιν’ (N-AFS) has 2 different glosses: ‘a chain’, ‘chain’.

2 Tim 1:16 ‘he refreshed and the chain of me not was ashamed’ SR GNT 2 Tim 1:16 word 15

OET-LV: 16 The master might _give mercy to _the household of _Onaʸsiforos, because he_ often _refreshed me, and was_ not _ashamed the chain of _me, (TI2_1:16)

OET-RV: 16 May the master show mercy to Onesiforus and his family, because he often cheered me up and he wasn’t ashamed of my chains. (TI2 1:16)

Rev 20:1 ‘of the abyss and a chain great in the’ SR GNT Rev 20:1 word 14

OET-LV: 20 And I _saw an_messenger coming _down out _of the heaven, holding the key of _the abyss, and a_chain great in the hand of _him. (REV_20:1)

OET-RV: 20 Then I saw a messenger coming down from heaven holding the key to the pit as well as a heavy chain (REV 20:1)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘halusis’ have 5 different glosses: ‘a chain’, ‘with chain’, ‘with chains’, ‘chain’, ‘chains’.

Greek words (2) other than ἅλυσιν (N-AFS) with a gloss related to ‘chain’

MARK 5:3 ἁλύσει (halusei) N-DFS ‘tombs and not_even with chain no_longer no_one was able’ SR GNT Mark 5:3 word 13

OET-LV: 3 who was _having his dwelling in the tombs, and no _one was _able to _bind him no _longer, not _even with _chain, (MRK_5:3)

OET-RV: 3 He lived in those tombs, and no one could tie him up, not even with chains, (MRK 5:3)

EPH 6:20 ἁλύσει (halusei) N-DFS ‘which I am being_an_ambassador in a chain in_order_that in it’ SR GNT Eph 6:20 word 5

OET-LV: 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. (EPH_6:20)

OET-RV: 20 that’s led me as a missionary to now be in prison. Ask that I would speak boldly as I should. (EPH 6:20)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular DFS=dative,feminine,singular