Definition

akin to G138 (αἱρέομαι)); a chain (as binding or drawing)

Etymology

probably from G4951 (σύρω) through its congener (to fasten;

Where the KJV renders it

• chain

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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