noun · feminine
halusias
Strong’sG254
a light chain
stem halusi-11 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ἅλυσις, -εως, ἡ,
[in LXX: Wi 17:17*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G254 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhal'-oo-sis
a fetter or manacle
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesbonds, chain.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(on the breathing see Hdn.Gr. 1.539), εως, ἡ, chain, χαλκέῃ ἁλύσι δεδεμένη ἄγκυραNT+5th c.BC+
2 collectively, chains, bondage, Refs 2nd c.BC+
3 link in chain armour, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | halusias | halusiais1×ἁλύσεις |
| object accusative | halusian3×ἅλυσιν | halusiain1×ἁλύσεις |
| direct address vocative | halusiar | halusiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | halusiau | halusiaiu |
| to, for dative | halusia2×ἁλύσει | halusiai4×ἁλύσεσιν |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
halusia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
halusian“chain”objectaccusative singular3×
Acts 28:20… gar tau elpidau tou Israēl tan halusian houtan perikeiomō.… that I am bound with this chain.”
2 Timothy 1:16… hoti pollakis min anapsuchata, kai tan halusian mu ouk epaischunita;… me and was unashamed of my chains.
Revelation 20:1… echarōnton tan kleidan tau abussau kai halusian megan epi tan cheiran autou.… holding in his hand a great chain.
halusia“chain”to, fordative singular2×
Mark 5:3“chain”… echate en tei mnēmei, kai oude halusia ouketi oudenos dunote auton daraThis man had been living in the tombs and could no longer …
Ephesians 6:20huper heu presbeuamō en halusia, hina en aute parrēsiazemeia hōs datō …… which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it …
halusiais“chains”subjectnominative plural1×
Acts 12:7… en tache; kai ekpiptala autou tais halusiais ek taiu cheiraiu.… saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
halusiain“chains”objectaccusative plural1×
Mark 5:4… dorē kai diasporē hupo autou tain halusiain kai tain pedain suntriborē, kai oudenos …… and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there …
halusiai“chains”to, fordative plural4×
Mark 5:4dia tem auton pollakis pedai kai halusiai dorē kai diasporē hupo autou tain …Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the …
Luke 8:29… gar chronoi sunarpazatelē auton, kai desmeuote halusiai kai pedai fulassorōntos, kai diarrēgarōntos teim …… and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the …
Acts 12:6… Petros koimorōntos metaxu duo stratiōtoiu dorēntos halusiai duo, fulakois tē pro tau thurau …… between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the …
Acts 21:33… chiliarchos epilabeta autou kai keleuata dira halusiai duo, kai punthanote tinos atoiō kai …… that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was …