Strong's Greek Concordance

G5469: χαλινός

chalinós · “bridle”

Definition

a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)

KJV translates it as: bit, bridle

Word origin: from G5465 (χαλάω);

Extended definition

χαλινός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for מֶתֶג ;]
a bridle: Jas.3:3, Rev.14:20.†
(AS)

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

How G5469 is translated

  • bits ×1
  • bridles ×1

Bible verses with G5469 (chalinós)

Chalinós appears in 2 verses.

  • James 3:3

    Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

  • Revelation 14:20

    And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Words derived from G5469