Strong G3976πέδη
fetter
- Transliteration
- pedē
- Pronunciation
- ped'-ay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Ultimately from G4228; a shackle for the feet: - fetter.
Detailed definition
πέδη, -ης, ἡ
(πέζα, the instep), [in LXX for נְחֹשֶׁת, etc.;]
a fetter: Mrk.5:4, Luk.8:29.†
(AS)
(πέζα, the instep), [in LXX for נְחֹשֶׁת, etc.;]
a fetter: Mrk.5:4, Luk.8:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3976 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fetter2
First verses
- Mark 5:4Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
- Luke 8:29(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πέδη, ἡ,
(πέζα) fetter: in plural, shackles, ἀμφὶ δὲ ποσσὶ πέδας ἔβαλε χρυσείας, of horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.36)]; of men, τοῖς ἀδίκοις ἀμφιτίθησι πέδας [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.34, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 539, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 6, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἥρως” 3, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.95)]; πεδέων ζεῦγος pair of fetters, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.35)]; ἐν πέδαις (variant{ἐς πέδας}) δῆσαί τινα put one in fetters, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.77; αἱ πέδαι, ἐν τῇσι ἐδεδέατο [prev. passage]; ἐν πέδαις δῆσαι, φυλάττειν, etc., 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 882b, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.181b, etc.: _metaphorically_, πέδαις ἀχαλκεύτοισι)], of the robe in which Agamemnon was entangled, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 493; πέδας χειροῖν καὶ ποδοῖν [prev. work] 982)]: in singular, of the poisoned robe of Nessus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1057)]; π. Ἑλληνικαί, of the fortresses of Chalcis, Corinth, and Demetrias, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.11.5, etc.)]
2 anklet, bangle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 320.11, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 81, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 9.)]
3 of fishing-nets, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 670.5.)]
II mode of breaking in a horse by riding him in a figure-of-eight course (compare ἱπποπέδη), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.5, 7.13; π. ἑτερομήκης, κυκλοτερής, [prev. work] 14.)]
(πέζα) fetter: in plural, shackles, ἀμφὶ δὲ ποσσὶ πέδας ἔβαλε χρυσείας, of horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.36)]; of men, τοῖς ἀδίκοις ἀμφιτίθησι πέδας [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.34, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 539, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 6, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἥρως” 3, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.95)]; πεδέων ζεῦγος pair of fetters, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.35)]; ἐν πέδαις (variant{ἐς πέδας}) δῆσαί τινα put one in fetters, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.77; αἱ πέδαι, ἐν τῇσι ἐδεδέατο [prev. passage]; ἐν πέδαις δῆσαι, φυλάττειν, etc., 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 882b, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.181b, etc.: _metaphorically_, πέδαις ἀχαλκεύτοισι)], of the robe in which Agamemnon was entangled, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 493; πέδας χειροῖν καὶ ποδοῖν [prev. work] 982)]: in singular, of the poisoned robe of Nessus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1057)]; π. Ἑλληνικαί, of the fortresses of Chalcis, Corinth, and Demetrias, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.11.5, etc.)]
2 anklet, bangle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 320.11, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 81, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 9.)]
3 of fishing-nets, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 670.5.)]
II mode of breaking in a horse by riding him in a figure-of-eight course (compare ἱπποπέδη), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.5, 7.13; π. ἑτερομήκης, κυκλοτερής, [prev. work] 14.)]