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Lexicon :: Strong's G4979 - schoinion

Aa
σχοινίον
Transliteration
schoinion (Key)
Pronunciation
skhoy-nee'-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Diminutive of schoinos (a rush or flag-plant, of uncertain derivation)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Strong’s Definitions

σχοινίον schoiníon, skhoy-nee'-on; diminutive of σχοῖνος schoînos (a rush or flag-plant; of uncertain derivation); a rushlet, i.e. grass-withe or tie (generally):—small cord, rope.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4979 in the following manner: small cord (1x), rope (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4979 in the following manner: small cord (1x), rope (1x).

  1. a cord or rope made of rushes

  2. a rope

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σχοινίον schoiníon, skhoy-nee'-on; diminutive of σχοῖνος schoînos (a rush or flag-plant; of uncertain derivation); a rushlet, i.e. grass-withe or tie (generally):—small cord, rope.
STRONGS G4979:
σχοινίον, σχοινιου, τό (diminutive of the noun σχοῖνος, ὁ and ἡ, a rush), from Herodotus down, properly, a cord or rope made of rushes; universally, a rope: John 2:15; Acts 27:32.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
2:15
Acts
27:32

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4979 matches the Greek σχοινίον (schoinion),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:13 - Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were hangings of white cloth, of green, and of blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:10 -
A noose is hid for him in the ground,
And a trap for him in the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 -
And if they be bound in fetters,
And be taken in the cords of affliction;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 -
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;
Yea, I have a goodly heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 -
He drove out the nations also before them,
And allotted them for an inheritance by line,
And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:61

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:61 -
The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round;
But I have not forgotten thy law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 -
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set gins for me.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12 - And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - These were thy traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:8 - and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:5 - Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:1 - And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
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