halysis · chain

What it means

halysis (ἅλυσις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “chain”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. An iron fetter for a prisoner.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• chains ×7
• chain ×4

Where it appears

• Mark×3
• Luke×1
• Acts×4
• Ephesians×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Revelation×1

• Mark 5:3

  He had his dwelling among the tombs, and no one could bind him any longer, not even with a chain,

• Mark 5:4

  because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.

• Luke 8:29

  For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him, and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserted places.

• Acts 12:6

  And when Herod was about to bring him out, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door were keeping watch over the prison.

• Acts 12:7

  And look, an angel of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the cell; and striking Peter’s side he woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands.

• Acts 21:33

  Then the commander came near, took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and he was inquiring who he was and what he had done.

• Acts 28:20

  For this reason, therefore, I have called for you, to see you and speak with you; for because of the hope of Israel I am wearing this chain.”

• Ephesians 6:20

  for which I am an ambassador in chains, so that in it I may speak boldly as I must speak.

• 2 Timothy 1:16

  May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

• Revelation 20:1

  And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

And 1 more times.