noun · feminine
pedas
Greekπέδη (pedē)
Strong’sG3976
a shackle
stem ped-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πέδη, -ης, ἡ
(< πέζα, the instep), [in LXX for נְחֹשֶׁת, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3976 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidped'-ay
a shackle for the feet
Fromultimately from G4228;
King Jamesfetter.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | pedas | pedais |
| object accusative | pedan | pedain1×πέδας |
| direct address vocative | pedar | pedair |
| of, belonging to genitive | pedau | pedaiu |
| to, for dative | peda | pedai2×πέδαις |
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
peda 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
pedain“shackles”objectaccusative plural1×
Mark 5:4“shackles”dia tem auton pollakis pedai kai halusiai dirē kai diaspirē hupo autou tain halusiain kai tain pedain suntribirē, kai oudenos ischuate auton damazara;Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.
pedai“shackles”to, fordative plural2×
Mark 5:4“shackles”dia tem auton pollakis pedai kai halusiai dirē kai diaspirē hupo autou tain halusiain kai tain pedain suntribirē, kai oudenos ischuate auton damazara;Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.
Luke 8:29“shackles”parangellate gar te pneume te akatharte exerchara apo tou anthrōpou. polloi gar chronoi sunarpazatelē auton, kai desmeuite halusiai kai pedai fulassirōtos, kai diarrēgnuarōtos teim desmeim elaunite hupo teu daimoneu eis tain erēmain.For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.