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Koine Greek wordlink #25462

SR GNT Mark 5:4 ἁλύσεις (haluseis) ‘by him the chains and the shackles’ Strongs=2540 Lemma=halusis
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=plural

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Only use of identical word form ἁλύσεις (N-AFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἁλύσεις’ (N-AFP) is always and only glossed as ‘chains’.

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

Greek words (5) other than ἁλύσεις (N-AFP) with a gloss related to ‘chains’

MARK 5:4 ἁλύσεσι (halusesi) N-DFP ‘often with shackles and chains to_have bound and to_have torn_apart’ SR GNT Mark 5:4 word 12

LUKE 8:29 ἁλύσεσιν (halusesin) N-DFP ‘him and he was_being bound with chains and in shackles being guarded’ SR GNT Luke 8:29 word 26

ACTs 12:6 ἁλύσεσιν (halusesin) N-DFP ‘two soldiers having_been bound with chains two guards and’ SR GNT Acts 12:6 word 24

ACTs 12:7 ἁλύσεις (haluseis) N-NFP ‘fell_from of him the chains from his hands’ SR GNT Acts 12:7 word 33

ACTs 21:33 ἁλύσεσι (halusesi) N-DFP ‘and commanded him to_be bound with chains two and he was inquiring’ SR GNT Acts 21:33 word 11

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural DFP=dative,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural