noun · feminine

seiras

Greekσειρά (seira)

Strong’sG4577

a chain

stem seir-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

chains1×

What it means

σειρά, -ᾶς, ἡ

[in LXX: Jg 16:13, 14, 19 (מַחְלָפוֺת), Pr 5:22 (חֶבֶל) *;]

(a) a cord;

(b) a chain (cf. Pr., l.c.): σειραὶ ζόφου, II Pe 2:4, Rec., R, mg. (v.s. σειρός).

2. a lock of hair (Jg, ll. c.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4577 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsi-rah'

akin to G138); a chain (as binding or drawing)

Fromprobably from G4951 through its congener εἴρω (to fasten;

King Jameschain.

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	seiras	seirais
object accusative	seiran	seirain
direct address vocative	seirar	seirair
of, belonging to genitive	seirau	seiraiu
to, for dative	seira	seirai1×σειραῖς

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

seirstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

seira 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

seirai“chains”to, fordative plural1×

2 Peter 2:4“chains”Ei gar tos theos angeloiu hamartaratoiu ouk feideta, alla seirai zofou tartararatos paradōata eis krisian tērirōtoin,For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;