Strong G5469χαλινός
bridle
- Transliteration
- chalinos
- Pronunciation
- khal-ee-nos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G5465 a curb or head stall (as curbing the spirit): - bit bridle.
Detailed definition
χαλινός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for מֶתֶג;]
a bridle: Jas.3:3, Rev.14:20.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מֶתֶג;]
a bridle: Jas.3:3, Rev.14:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5469 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bit1
- bridle1
First verses
- James 3:3Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
- Revelation 14:20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
χᾰλῑνός
(Aeolic dialect χάλιννος probably in [Refs (“Etymologicum Gudianum” 561.5))], ὁ, irregular plural χαλινά [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1607, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.191, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.613c, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.100, etc.)]:—bit, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἐν δὲ χαλινοὺς γαμφηλῇς ἔβαλον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.393; χαλινὸν ἐμβαλεῖν γνάθοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 492; χ. ἐξαιρεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.2)]; of the horse, χ. οὐκ ἐπίσταται φέρειν (metaphorically of Cassandra) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1066)]; χ. δέχεσθαι, λαμβάνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.2, 6.10)]; λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1393b16, 21)]; τὸν χ. ἐνδακεῖν champ the bit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254d)]; of the rider, δοτέον τὸν χ. one must give a horse the rein, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 10.12)]; ὀπίσω σπάσαι, ξυνέχειν ἀνάγκῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254e, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 25.1; [χ.] εἰς ἄκρον τὸ στόμα καθιέμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.9.)]—Expld. of the bit, opposed to reins (ἡνίαι), by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.148; so ἡνίας τε.. καὶ χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 601c; χ. τινα χαλκεῖ ἐκδιδόντα σκευάσαι [prev. author] “Prm.” 127a; κατὰ [τὸν κυνόδοντα] ἐμβάλλεται ὁ χ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 576b18, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 123 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1067 (Lyric poetry))]; but distinguished from στόμιον by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.215, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 207 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.9, 10.9, etc.)]; and may be used generally for bit and bridle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.118, 4.64, “IG” 12.374.176, “PCair.Zen.” 659.11 (3rd c.BC).)]
2 metaphorically, of anything which curbs, restrains, or compels, Ἀργοῦς χ., of an anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.25)]; χ. λινόδετοι, ={χαλινωτήρια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1043)]; παρθενίας χ. λύειν, of the virgin zone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).48)]; χαλινοῖς ἐν πετρίνοισιν, of Prometheus' bonds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 562 (_anapaest meter_); Διὸς χ., of the will of Zeus, [prev. work] 672)]; χαλινῶν ἀναύδῳ μένει, of forcible constraint, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 238 (Lyric poetry))]; πολλῶν χαλινῶν ἔργον οἰάκων θ᾽ ἅμα, i.e. it requires much skill and force to guide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 869)]; τῷ δήμῳ χ. ἐμβαλεῖν ὕβρεως a bridle to curb their violence, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Comp. Per.Fab.” 1, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 82; τῆς γλώττης τὰ χ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.613c; ἐπέστω τῷ στόματι χ. 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 315.4; χ. οὐδεὶς ὀμμάτων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.11.)]
II generally, strap, thong, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 461 (dual).)]
III part of the tackle of a ship, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 22.1610.11,14.)]
IV corner of the horse's mouth, where the bit rests, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.90 (_plural_))]; of the human mouth, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 117, 223, “PUniv.Giss.” 44.7, (2nd-1st c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in Orib 48.31.4, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.100, “PSI” 9.1016.25 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.9, 5th c.AD: Caelius Aurelianus Medicus “TP” 1.4, 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 8.27)]; but, ={ἡ σύνδεσις τῶν γνάθων}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 53, compare 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 8.40.)]
IV.2 fangs of serpents, from their shape and position in the mouth, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 234.)]
(Aeolic dialect χάλιννος probably in [Refs (“Etymologicum Gudianum” 561.5))], ὁ, irregular plural χαλινά [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1607, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.191, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.613c, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.100, etc.)]:—bit, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἐν δὲ χαλινοὺς γαμφηλῇς ἔβαλον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.393; χαλινὸν ἐμβαλεῖν γνάθοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 492; χ. ἐξαιρεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.2)]; of the horse, χ. οὐκ ἐπίσταται φέρειν (metaphorically of Cassandra) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1066)]; χ. δέχεσθαι, λαμβάνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.2, 6.10)]; λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1393b16, 21)]; τὸν χ. ἐνδακεῖν champ the bit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254d)]; of the rider, δοτέον τὸν χ. one must give a horse the rein, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 10.12)]; ὀπίσω σπάσαι, ξυνέχειν ἀνάγκῃ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254e, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 25.1; [χ.] εἰς ἄκρον τὸ στόμα καθιέμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.9.)]—Expld. of the bit, opposed to reins (ἡνίαι), by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.148; so ἡνίας τε.. καὶ χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 601c; χ. τινα χαλκεῖ ἐκδιδόντα σκευάσαι [prev. author] “Prm.” 127a; κατὰ [τὸν κυνόδοντα] ἐμβάλλεται ὁ χ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 576b18, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 123 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1067 (Lyric poetry))]; but distinguished from στόμιον by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.215, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 207 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.9, 10.9, etc.)]; and may be used generally for bit and bridle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.118, 4.64, “IG” 12.374.176, “PCair.Zen.” 659.11 (3rd c.BC).)]
2 metaphorically, of anything which curbs, restrains, or compels, Ἀργοῦς χ., of an anchor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.25)]; χ. λινόδετοι, ={χαλινωτήρια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1043)]; παρθενίας χ. λύειν, of the virgin zone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).48)]; χαλινοῖς ἐν πετρίνοισιν, of Prometheus' bonds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 562 (_anapaest meter_); Διὸς χ., of the will of Zeus, [prev. work] 672)]; χαλινῶν ἀναύδῳ μένει, of forcible constraint, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 238 (Lyric poetry))]; πολλῶν χαλινῶν ἔργον οἰάκων θ᾽ ἅμα, i.e. it requires much skill and force to guide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 869)]; τῷ δήμῳ χ. ἐμβαλεῖν ὕβρεως a bridle to curb their violence, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Comp. Per.Fab.” 1, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 82; τῆς γλώττης τὰ χ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.613c; ἐπέστω τῷ στόματι χ. 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 315.4; χ. οὐδεὶς ὀμμάτων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.11.)]
II generally, strap, thong, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 461 (dual).)]
III part of the tackle of a ship, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 22.1610.11,14.)]
IV corner of the horse's mouth, where the bit rests, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.90 (_plural_))]; of the human mouth, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 117, 223, “PUniv.Giss.” 44.7, (2nd-1st c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in Orib 48.31.4, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.100, “PSI” 9.1016.25 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.9, 5th c.AD: Caelius Aurelianus Medicus “TP” 1.4, 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 8.27)]; but, ={ἡ σύνδεσις τῶν γνάθων}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 53, compare 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 8.40.)]
IV.2 fangs of serpents, from their shape and position in the mouth, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 234.)]