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Chain

σειράStrong’s G4577

seira

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Seira is the Greek word usually translated “chains”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;”
2 Peter 2:4 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “chains”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • in chains 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Peter 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    σειρά seira · chain

    σειρά, -ᾶς, ἡ [in LXX: Jdg.16:13-14, 19 (מַחְלָפָה), Pro.5:22 (חֶבֶל) * ;] 1. (a) a cord; (b) a chain (cf. Pr., l.with): σειραὶ ζόφου, 2Pe.2:4, Rec., R, mg. (see: σειρός). 2. a lock of hair (Jg, ll. with).† (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

    1. 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.
    2. 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
    3. Bondage; affliction.“He hath made my chain heavy” Lamentations 3:7
    4. Bondage; slavery.
    All definitions and other forms of “chain”
    1. Ornament. Proverbs 1:9
    2. 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.
    3. A range, or line of things connected, as a chain of mountains.
    4. A series of links, forming an instrument to measure land.
    5. A string of twisted wire, or something similar, to hang a watch on, and for other purposes.
    6. In France, a measure of wood for fuel, and various commodities, of various length.
    7. 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.
    8. The warp in weaving, as in French.

    CHAIN, verb transitive

    1. To fasten, bind or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind with any thing in the manner of a chain
    2. To enslave; to keep in slavery.
    3. To guard with a chain as a harbor or passage.
    4. 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.