noun · neuter
skelem
Greekσκέλος (skelos)
Strong’sG4628
the leg
stem skel-3 times in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
σκέλος, -ους, τό
[in LXX for רֶגֶל, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4628 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidskel'-os
through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)
Fromapparently from σκέλλω (to parch;
King Jamesleg.
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 or object direct | skelem | skeleim |
| of, belonging to genitive | skeleu | skeleiu |
| to, for dative | skele | skelei |
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
skele 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
skeleim3×
John 19:31“legs”Tois oun Ioudaiois, epei paraskeuas ate, hina mē menateia epi tou staurou teim sōmeim en te sabbate, ate gar megas tas hēmeras ekeineu teu sabbateu, erōtala ton Pilaton hina katagnuileia autoiu teim skeleim kai airileia.It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
John 19:32“legs”erchala oun tois stratiōtois, kai tou men prōtou katagnuala teim skeleim kai tou allou tou sustauriratou auto;So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.
John 19:33“legs”epi de ton Iēsun ercharatois, hōs horala ēdē auton thnēskarēton, ouk katagnuala autou teim skeleim,But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.