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Rope

σχοινίονStrong’s G4979

schoinion

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Schoinion is the Greek word usually translated “cords” and “ropes”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;”
John 2:15 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • cords 1
  • ropes 1

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

Where it's used most
  • John 1
  • Acts 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

σχοινίον schoinion · rope

σχοινίον, -ου, τό (dimin. of σχοῖνος, a rush), [in LXX chiefly for a rope (prop., one made of rushes): Jhn.2:15, Act.27:32.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “rope” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

ROPE, noun

  1. A large string or line composed of several strands twisted together.
  2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united; as a rope of onions.
  3. Ropes, the intestines of birds.
All definitions and other forms of “rope”

    ROPE, verb intransitive

    To draw out or extend into a filament or thread, by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality. Any glutinous substance will rope considerably before it will part.

      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.