Quick Definition
πέδη, ης, ἡ n.f. a shackle
Strong's Definition
a shackle for the feet
Derivation: ultimately from G4228 (πούς);
KJV Usage: fetter
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης | πεζεύω
6.17 · Artifacts · Instruments Used in Binding and Fastening
fetter, shackle metal chains with special links prepared to go around the ankles; used to restrict the movement of a prisoner These shackles would normally have consisted of chains with special links prepared to go around the ankles. The equivalent in some languages is simply ‘chains on the feet.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πέδη, -ης, ἡ, (fr. πέζα the foot, instep), a fetter, shackle for the feet: Mk. v.4; Lk. viii.29. (From Hom. down; Sept.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πέδη pedē 3x
a fetter, shackle, Mk. 5:4; Lk. 8:29*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πέδη, -ης, ἡ
(< πέζα, the instep), [in LXX for נְחֹשֶׁת, etc.;]
a fetter: Mk 5:4, Lk 8:29.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πέδη, antettercn (Missa luke Θ9): ΒΘ ἸΝ 7005. (111) Bees) ἀπάγεται εἰς φυλακὴν ἡμέρας { ἐμ πέδαις dy, P Lond 46488 (iv/A.D ) (=I. p. 81) πέδας Ave.—said of acharm. For the verb πεδάω see Artem. p. 261°.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πέδη (pedē) — fetter. πέδη, ἡ, (πέζα) fetter: in plural, shackles, ἀμφὶ δὲ ποσσὶ πέδας ἔβαλε χρυσείας, of horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of men, τοῖς ἀδίκοις ἀμφιτίθησι πέδας [Refs 6th c.BC+]; πεδέων ζεῦγος pair of fetters, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν πέδαις (variant{ἐς πέδας}) δῆσαί τινα put one in fetters, [Refs 5th c.BC+], of the robe in which Agamemnon was entangled, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in singular, of the poisoned robe of Nessus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. Ἑλληνικαί, of the fortresses of Chalcis, Corinth, and Demetrias, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
2. anklet, bangle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. of fishing-nets, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. mode of breaking in a horse by riding him in a figure-of-eight course (compare ἱπποπέδη), [Refs 5th c.BC+]