Fetter
πέδηStrong’s G3976pedē
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pedē is the Greek word usually translated “shackles” and “fetters”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “shackles” and “fetters”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- with shackles 1
- shackles 1
- in fetters 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Greek dictionary
πέδη pedē · fetter
πέδη, -ης, ἡ (πέζα, the instep), [in LXX for נְחֹשֶׁת, etc. ;] a fetter: Mrk.5:4, Luk.8:29.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fetter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FET'TER, noun
- A chain for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or fixed, as a prisoner, or impeded in motion and hindered from leaping, as a horse whose fore and hind feet are confined by a chain.“The Philistines bound Samson with fetters of brass” Judges 16:21
- Any thing that confines or restrains from motion.
All definitions and other forms of “fetter”
FET'TER, verb transitive
- To put on fetters; to shackle or confine the feet with a chain.
- To bind; to enchain; to confine; to restrain motion; to impose restraints on.
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.