- ἅλυσις
- ἅλυσις, εως, ἡ (α-priv. + λύω; for the breathing s. W-S. §5, 10e; Mlt-H. 100).① lit. chain (Hdt. et al.; SIG2 586, 86; 588, 32; PSI 240, 12; PGM 4, 3092; 13, 294; TestSol 15:7; Philo, Leg. All. 1, 28; Jos., Ant. 3, 170), esp. handcuffs Ac 28:20. δῆσαί τινα ἁλύσει (since Thu. 4, 100, 2; Wsd 17:16; Jos., Ant. 19, 294) bind someone w. chains, of a possessed pers. Mk 5:3, cp. vs. 4. δεσμεύειν ἁλύσεσιν (w. πέδαις, as Polyb. 3, 82, 8; Dionys. Hal. 6, 26, 2; 6, 27, 3; Mk 5:4) Lk 8:29. Double chains Ac 12:6f; 21:33. At the beginning of the ‘Thousand Years’ Satan will be bound w. a chain Rv 20:1f. Of eternal punishment κ[ρατο]ῦντες ἁλύ̣[ς]εις who held chains ApcPt Bodl.② gener. of imprisonment πρεσβεύω ἐν ἁλυσει in chains=as a prisoner Eph 6:20; causing disgrace 2 Ti 1:16.—DELG. M-M.
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