Strong's Greek Concordance

G254: ἅλυσις

hálysis · “chain”

Definition

a fetter or manacle

KJV translates it as: bonds, chain

Word origin: of uncertain derivation;

Extended definition

ἅλυσις, -εως, ἡ
[in LXX: Wis.17:17 * ;]
a chain, bond: Mrk.5:3-4, Luk.8:29, Act.12:6-7 21:33 28:20, Eph.6:20, 2Ti.1:16, Rev.20:1.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G254 is translated

  • with chains ×4
  • chains ×2
  • chain ×2
  • with a chain ×1
  • a chain, ×1
  • a chain ×1

Bible verses with G254 (hálysis)

Hálysis appears in 10 verses.

  • Mark 5:3

    Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

  • Mark 5:4

    Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

  • Luke 8:29

    (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

  • Acts 12:6

    And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

  • Acts 12:7

    And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

  • Acts 21:33

    Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

  • Acts 28:20

    For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

  • Ephesians 6:20

    For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

  • 2 Timothy 1:16

    The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

  • Revelation 20:1

    And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.