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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 David smote Moab, and measured them out with lines, having [fn]laid them down on the ground: and there were two lines for slaying, and two lines he kept alive: and Moab became servants to David, yielding tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:13 - And if he shall have taken refuge with his army in a city, then shall all Israel take ropes to that city, and we will draw it even into the river, that there may not be left there even a stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - (LXX 21:31) And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are [fn]merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - (LXX 21:32) So they girt sackcloth upon their loins, and put ropes upon their heads, and said to the king of Israel, Thy servant the son of Ader says, Let our [fn]souls live, I pray thee. And he said, Does he yet live? He is my brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - which was adorned with hangings of fine linen and flax on cords of fine linen and purple, fastened to golden and silver studs, on pillars of Parian marble and stone: there were golden and silver couches on a pavement of emerald stone, and of pearl, and of Parian stone, and open-worked coverings variously flowered, having roses worked round about;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:10 - His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:8 - But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 - (LXX 15:6) The lines have fallen to me in the best places, yea, I have a most excellent heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - (LXX 77:55) And he cast out the nations from before them, and made them to inherit by a line of inheritance, 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 - (LXX 118:61) The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - (LXX 139:6) The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; they set a stumbling-block for me near the path. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - before the silver cord be let go, or the choice gold be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel run down to the cistern;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - And there shall be instead of a sweet smell, dust; and instead of a girdle, thou shalt gird thyself with a rope; and instead of a golden ornament for the head, thou shalt have baldness on account of thy works; and instead of a tunic with a scarlet ground, thou shalt gird thyself with sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Behold the city Sion, [fn]our refuge: thine eyes shall behold Jerusalem, a rich city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall the pins of her tabernacle be moved for ever, neither shall her cords be at all broken:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:23 - Thy cords are broken, for they had no strength: thy mast has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - (LXX 45:11) So Abdemelech took the men, and went into the underground part of the king's house, and took thence old rags and old ropes, and threw them to Jeremias into the dungeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12 - (LXX 45:12) And he said, Put these under the ropes. And Jeremias did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - (LXX 45:13) And they drew him with the ropes, and lifted him out of the dungeon: and Jeremias remained in the court of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:24 - bringing for merchandise blue, and choice stores bound with cords, and cypress wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:8 - And binding their clothes with cords they have made them curtains near the altar, and they have drunk wine gained by extortion in the house of their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:17 - Therefore thus saith the Lord; 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 measured with the line; and thou shalt die in an unclean land; and Israel shall be led captive out of his land. Thus has the Lord God shewed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:5 - Therefore thou shalt have no one to cast a line for the lot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:1 - (LXX 2:5) And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man, and in his hand a measuring line.
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