Strong G4628σκέλος
leg
- Transliteration
- skelos
- Pronunciation
- skel'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Apparently from σκέλλω skellō (to parch; through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank): - leg.
Detailed definition
σκέλος, -ους, τό
[in LXX for רֶגֶל, etc.;]
the leg from the hip downwards: ?Jhn.19:3-33 †
(AS)
[in LXX for רֶגֶל, etc.;]
the leg from the hip downwards: ?Jhn.19:3-33 †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4628 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- leg3
First verses
- John 19:31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
- John 19:32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
- John 19:33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
σκέλος, εος, τό,
leg from the hip downwards, only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, πρυμνὸν σκέλος)] the ham or buttock, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.314; κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σ. ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.103, compare 7.61, 88)]; τὰ σκέλη τε καὶ τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐρείσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 494a4)]; of dancers, τὸ σ. ῥίψαντες, αἴρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 332, “Ec.” 265; σ. οὐράνιον ἐκλακτίζων [prev. author] “V.” 1492, compare 1526)]; οὐρανῷ σκέλη προφαίνων, of one thrown head foremost, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 753)]; βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 190d)]; ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος, ὁ κατὰ τοῖν σκελοῖν he with the legs, the strider, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 241 (but explained by Scholia ἀπὸ τῶν διὰ δειλίαν ἀποτιλώντων,compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περινθία” 18); dual, τὼ σκέλει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 325, +others, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 26, “Anach.” 1)]; σκέλε (i.e. probably σκέλει) δύο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1388.24, compare 1502.5; but σκέλη (_plural_) δύο in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. from 4th c.BC, [prev. work]1425.15, compare 57, etc.; and so τὰ σ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 9)]: singular, leg of sacrificial victim, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.190.32, +others,42(1).40.10 (Epid., 5th c.BC).)]
2 as a military phrase, ἐπὶ σκέλος πάλιν χωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, retreat with the face towards the enemy, retire leisurely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1400, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 383; compare πούς 1.6b.)]
3 κατὰ σκέλος βαδίζειν, of the lion and the camel, with the hind foot following the fore on the same side (not crosswise), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 498b7, compare 629b14.)]
4 παρὰ σκέλος ἀπαντᾷ it meets one across, i.e. crosses one's path, thwarts one, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.12.2 (variant{π. μέλος}).)]
II metaphorically, τὰ σ. the legs, i.e. the two long walls connecting Athens with Piraeus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.15, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 13)]; τὰ μακρὰ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.107, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 14)]; of the long walls between Megara and Nisaea, τὰ Μεγαρικὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1170; between Corinth and Lechaeum, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.22.)]
II.b side-wall of a temple, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 247 K 1 iii 3, 11 (Delph., 4th c.BC))]; of other structures, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.88 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
II.2 side-poles or frames of an engine, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.4.4.)]
II.3 tails of a surgical bandage, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.20.5)]; of the ends of the Persian head-dress, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.820d.)]
II.4 members of a sentence, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Scholia recentia 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 94)]. (Written σχέλος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 11(2).161 B 61 (Delos, 3rd c.BC).))]
leg from the hip downwards, only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, πρυμνὸν σκέλος)] the ham or buttock, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.314; κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σ. ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.103, compare 7.61, 88)]; τὰ σκέλη τε καὶ τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐρείσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 494a4)]; of dancers, τὸ σ. ῥίψαντες, αἴρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 332, “Ec.” 265; σ. οὐράνιον ἐκλακτίζων [prev. author] “V.” 1492, compare 1526)]; οὐρανῷ σκέλη προφαίνων, of one thrown head foremost, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 753)]; βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 190d)]; ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος, ὁ κατὰ τοῖν σκελοῖν he with the legs, the strider, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 241 (but explained by Scholia ἀπὸ τῶν διὰ δειλίαν ἀποτιλώντων,compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περινθία” 18); dual, τὼ σκέλει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 325, +others, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 26, “Anach.” 1)]; σκέλε (i.e. probably σκέλει) δύο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.1388.24, compare 1502.5; but σκέλη (_plural_) δύο in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr. from 4th c.BC, [prev. work]1425.15, compare 57, etc.; and so τὰ σ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 9)]: singular, leg of sacrificial victim, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.190.32, +others,42(1).40.10 (Epid., 5th c.BC).)]
2 as a military phrase, ἐπὶ σκέλος πάλιν χωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, retreat with the face towards the enemy, retire leisurely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1400, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 383; compare πούς 1.6b.)]
3 κατὰ σκέλος βαδίζειν, of the lion and the camel, with the hind foot following the fore on the same side (not crosswise), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 498b7, compare 629b14.)]
4 παρὰ σκέλος ἀπαντᾷ it meets one across, i.e. crosses one's path, thwarts one, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.12.2 (variant{π. μέλος}).)]
II metaphorically, τὰ σ. the legs, i.e. the two long walls connecting Athens with Piraeus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.1.15, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 13)]; τὰ μακρὰ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.107, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 14)]; of the long walls between Megara and Nisaea, τὰ Μεγαρικὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1170; between Corinth and Lechaeum, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.22.)]
II.b side-wall of a temple, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 247 K 1 iii 3, 11 (Delph., 4th c.BC))]; of other structures, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.88 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
II.2 side-poles or frames of an engine, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.4.4.)]
II.3 tails of a surgical bandage, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.20.5)]; of the ends of the Persian head-dress, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.820d.)]
II.4 members of a sentence, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Scholia recentia 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 94)]. (Written σχέλος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 11(2).161 B 61 (Delos, 3rd c.BC).))]