Quick Definition
ἅλυσις, εως, ἡ n.f. a light chain
Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; a fetter or manacle
KJV Usage: bonds, chain
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | λύω
6.16 · Artifacts · Instruments Used in Binding and Fastening
chain a series of connected metal links; used for binding objects together or restraining prisoners In some languages a distinction is made between terms for a chain used in tying up a person and one employed in agricultural or industrial work.
MRK 5:3 · MRK 5:4 · MRK 5:4 · LUK 8:29 · ACT 12:6 · ACT 12:7 · ACT 21:33 · ACT 28:20 · EPH 6:20 · 2TI 1:16 · REV 20:1
37.115 · Control, Rule · Imprison
to be in prison, imprisonment (figurative extension of meaning of ἅλυσις[a] ‘chain,’ 6.16) the state of being in prison The state of being a prisoner is often expressed somewhat idiomatically, for example, ‘to be tied hand and foot,’ ‘to be chained like a dog,’ or ‘to look through iron bars.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄλυσις, or as it is com. written ἅλυσις [see WH. App. Ρ. 144], -ews, 7, (fr. a priv. and Ave, because a chain is ἄλυτος i. 6. not to be loosed [al. fr. r. val, and allied w. εἰλέω to restrain, ἁλίζω to collect, crowd; Curtius § 660; Vaniéek p. 898]), a chain, bond, by which the body, or any part of it (the hands, feet), is bound: Mk. v. 3; Acts xxi. 33; xxviii. 20; Rev. xx. 1; ἐν ἁλύσει in chains, a prisoner, Eph. vi. 20; οὐκ ἐπαισχύνθη τὴν Gd. pov he was not ashamed of my bonds i. e. did not desert me because I was a prisoner, 2 Tim. i. 16. spec. used of a manacle or hand-cuff, the chain by which the hands are bound together [yet ef. Mey. on Mk. u.i.; per contra esp. Bp. Lghtft. on Phil. p. 8]: Mk. v. 4; [LKk. viii. 29]; Acts xii. 6 sq. (From Hat. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἅλυσις halysis 11x
a chain, Mk. 5:3, 4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἅλυσις, -εως, ἡ,
[in LXX: Wi 17:17*;]
a chain, bond: Mk 5:3, 4, Lk 8:29, Ac 12:6, 7 21:33 28:20, Eph 6:20, II Ti 1:16, Re 20:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἅλυσις. Syl κ8685 (iv/B.c.), 588%? (ii/B.c.) α΄. P Leid Wi. 32 πᾶσα ἅλυσις ἀνυχθήτω. Two diminutives may be quoted ᾿Αλυσίδιον (MGr ἁλυσίδα) occurs in P Oxy III. 496% (A.D. 127) and 528° (ii/a.p.). A simpler form appears in P Hib I. 121° (B.C. 250) ἁλύσιον.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἅλυσις (halusis) — chain. ἅλῠσις (on the breathing see Hdn.Gr. 1.539), εως, ἡ, chain, χαλκέῃ ἁλύσι δεδεμένη ἄγκυρα[NT+5th c.BC+]
2. collectively, chains, bondage, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
3. link in chain armour, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]