Chain
ἅλυσιςStrong’s G0254halusis
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Halusis is the Greek word usually translated “chains” and “chain”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:”
Meaning
Usually translated “chains” and “chain”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- with chains 4
- chains 2
- chain 2
- a chain 2
- with a chain 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 4
- Mark 2
- Luke 1
- Ephesians 1
- 2 Timothy 1
- Revelation 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 5:4Because 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 12:6And 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 12:7And, 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 21:33Then 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 28:20For 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.
Greek dictionary
ἅλυσις halusis · chain
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “chain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHAIN, noun
- A series of links or rings connected, or fitted into one another, usually made of some kind of metal, as a chain of gold, or of iron; but the word is not restricted to any particular kind of material.
- That which binds; a real chain; that which restrains, confines, or fetters; a bond.“If God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them into chains of darkness” 2 Peter 2:4
- Bondage; affliction.“He hath made my chain heavy” Lamentations 3:7
- Bondage; slavery.
All definitions and other forms of “chain”
- Ornament. Proverbs 1:9
- A series of things linked together; a series of things connected or following in succession; as a chain of causes, of ideas, or events; a chain of being.
- A range, or line of things connected, as a chain of mountains.
- A series of links, forming an instrument to measure land.
- A string of twisted wire, or something similar, to hang a watch on, and for other purposes.
- In France, a measure of wood for fuel, and various commodities, of various length.
- In ship-building, chains are strong links or plates of iron, bolted at the lower end to the ships side, used to contain the blocks called dead eyes, by which the shrouds of the mast are extended.
- The warp in weaving, as in French.
CHAIN, verb transitive
- To fasten, bind or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind with any thing in the manner of a chain
- To enslave; to keep in slavery.
- To guard with a chain as a harbor or passage.
- To unite; to form chain-work.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.