Leg
σκέλοςStrong’s G4628skelos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Skelos is the Greek word usually translated “legs”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.”
Meaning
Usually translated “legs”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- legs 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 3
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
σκέλος skelos · leg
σκέλος, -ους, τό [in LXX for רֶגֶל, etc. ;] the leg from the hip downwards: ?Jhn.19:3-33 † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “leg” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LEG, noun
- The limb of an animal, used in supporting the body and in walking and running; properly, that part of the limb from the knee to the foot, but in a more general sense, the whole limb, including the thigh, the leg and the foot.
- The long or slender support of any thing; as the leg of a table.
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.