Strong G4577σειρά
chain
- Transliteration
- seira
- Pronunciation
- si-rah'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
σειρά, -ᾶς, ἡ
[in LXX: Jdg.16:13-14, 19 (מַחְלָפָה), Pro.5:22 (חֶבֶל) *;]
1. (a) a cord;
__(b) a chain (cf. Pr., l.with): σειραὶ ζόφου, 2Pe.2:4, Rec., R, mg. (see: σειρός).
2. a lock of hair (Jg, ll. with).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Jdg.16:13-14, 19 (מַחְלָפָה), Pro.5:22 (חֶבֶל) *;]
1. (a) a cord;
__(b) a chain (cf. Pr., l.with): σειραὶ ζόφου, 2Pe.2:4, Rec., R, mg. (see: σειρός).
2. a lock of hair (Jg, ll. with).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4577 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- chain1
First verses
- 2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σειρά,
Ionic dialect σειρή, Doric dialect σηρά [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus in “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 2.260, “Etymologicum Gudianum” 497.47)]: ἡ:— cord, rope, σειράς τ᾽ εὐπλέκτους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.115; σειρὴν δὲ πλεκτήν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.175)]; σ. χρυσείη cord of gold, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153c: _metaphorically_, σειραῖς.. ἁμαρτιῶν σφίγγεται LXX.Pro.5.22)]; σειραὶ ζόφου variant in [NT (NT.2Pet.2.4: see also σαύρα IV.)]
2 trace (compare σειραφόρος), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.141.)]
3 cord or line with a noose, lasso, used by the Sagartians and Sarmatians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.85, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.21.5: hence the Parthians are called σειραφόροι, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]
4 a bandage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).777)]; σ. μονομερής, διμερής, κτλ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 23, 24, +others)]
5 ἡ σ. τοῦ βίρρου,= cimussatio (probably edge, border), [Refs (Dosith. p.435K.)]
II metaphorically of an animal's tail, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 119, 385.)]
III σειραὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς locks of hair, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Judg.16.13; σ. τριχῶν 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.30.)]
IV metaphorically, line, lineage, Tz.ad [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 481, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.176.)]
V series, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 45, 95.)]
VI plural, a disease of horses, [Refs (Hippiatr. 52.)]
VII the front part of the perineum, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 6.34.)]
Ionic dialect σειρή, Doric dialect σηρά [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus in “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 2.260, “Etymologicum Gudianum” 497.47)]: ἡ:— cord, rope, σειράς τ᾽ εὐπλέκτους [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.115; σειρὴν δὲ πλεκτήν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.175)]; σ. χρυσείη cord of gold, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153c: _metaphorically_, σειραῖς.. ἁμαρτιῶν σφίγγεται LXX.Pro.5.22)]; σειραὶ ζόφου variant in [NT (NT.2Pet.2.4: see also σαύρα IV.)]
2 trace (compare σειραφόρος), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.141.)]
3 cord or line with a noose, lasso, used by the Sagartians and Sarmatians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.85, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.21.5: hence the Parthians are called σειραφόροι, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]
4 a bandage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).777)]; σ. μονομερής, διμερής, κτλ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 23, 24, +others)]
5 ἡ σ. τοῦ βίρρου,= cimussatio (probably edge, border), [Refs (Dosith. p.435K.)]
II metaphorically of an animal's tail, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 119, 385.)]
III σειραὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς locks of hair, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Judg.16.13; σ. τριχῶν 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.30.)]
IV metaphorically, line, lineage, Tz.ad [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 481, Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.176.)]
V series, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 45, 95.)]
VI plural, a disease of horses, [Refs (Hippiatr. 52.)]
VII the front part of the perineum, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 6.34.)]