Quick Definition
σχοινίον, ου, τό n.n. a cord, rope
Strong's Definition
diminutive of schoinos (a rush or flag-plant; of uncertain derivation); a rushlet, i.e. grass-withe or tie (generally)
KJV Usage: small cord, rope
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου
6.18 · Artifacts · Instruments Used in Binding and Fastening
cord, rope thick cord formed by twisting or braiding several strands together; made of a variety of materials, including palm fibers, linen, or reeds The ropes mentioned in ACT 27:32 would obviously have been rather thick, while in JHN 2:15 the whip which Jesus made in driving the animals and merchants out of the Temple would probably have consisted of strong cords.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σχοινίον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of the noun σχοῖνος, ὁ and 7, a rush), fr. Hdt. down, prop. a cord or rope made of rushes ; univ. a rope: Jn. ii. 15; Acts xxvii. 32.*_
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σχοινίον schoinion 2x
pr. a cord made of rushes; genr. a rope, cord, Jn. 2:15; Acts 27:32*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σχοινίον, -ου, τό
(dimin. of σχοῖνος, a rush), [in LXX chiefly for חֶבֶל;]
a rope (prop., one made of rushes): Jo 2:15, Ac 27:32.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σχοινίον, dim. of σχοῖνος, ‘a rush,’’ and hence “a rope’’ made of rushes (Jn 218, Ac 2733) : cf. P Oxy III. 502° (A.D. 164) τοῦ προκειμένου φρέατος τροχελλέαν σὺν σχοινίῳ καινῷ, “the reel of the aforesaid well provided with a new rope ’” (Edd.), and 76. VI. 904° (v/a.p.), a petition from a man who complains that he is καθ᾽ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν μετεωριζ[όϊμενον σχοινίοις, ‘daily suspended by τορο5.᾿᾿ The transition of σχοινίον to a term of ‘measurement,’ as in Ps 15%, appears in such passages as P Oxy XIV. 16357 (B.C. 44-37) ἀπὸ μὲν ἀπηλιώτου εἰς λί]βα σχοινία δύ[ο ἥ]μισυ, ἀπὸ δὲ νότ] ου] εἰς βορρᾶν σχοινία , where the editors note that ‘“‘the σχοινίον was the side of an aroura and 100 cubits in length.” Cf. BGU IV. 106024 (n.c. 23-2) τὰ εἴκοσι σχοινίὰ, P Fay 110% (ap. 94) τὰς θύρας ἐπιστησάτωσαν οἱ τέκτονες: πέμπω δέ σοι τὰ σχυινία, “let the carpenters put up the doors; I send you the measurements ”’ (Edd.), and P Ryl II. 16517 (a.p. 266) sale of 4 arourae of catoecic land τῷ τῆς κατοικίας δικαίῳ σχοινίῳ, ‘measured by the just measurement of the settlement’’ (Edd.). See Preisigke Fachworter s.v. An interesting ex. of σχοῖνος --- ‘‘a rope”’ is aflorded by P Oxy I. 69% (A.D. 190) where a theft of barley is detected ἐκ Tod. . ἀποσύρματος σχοίϊνου, ‘from the marks of a rope dragged along ’’ (Edd.). The word is used by Aquila in his version of Ps 44(45)” for ‘a pen”? (LXX κάλαμος, Symmachus γραφεῖον): cf. Jerem 88, For σχοινιοπλόκος, ““a rope-weaver,”” see P Oxy VI. 9344 (iii/a.p.), and for σχοινουργός with the same meaning, see P Lond 11714 (8.6, 8) (Ξ- ΠΙ. p. 179). MGr σκοινί (σχοινί).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σχοινίον (schoinion) — rope. σχοιν-ίον, τό, diminutive of σχοῖνος [Refs], small rope, cord or thread, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, rope, e.g. for mooring a ship, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; πλεῖς τὴν θάλατταν σχοινίων πωλουμένω; when there are ropes for sale? [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. measuring-line, [LXX+4th c.BC+]
2. b measure, portion, [LXX]
2. c [Refs]cubits, the side of an ἄρουρα, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
3. girdle, [LXX]
4. σ. βοτρύων, ={σχοινιά} [Refs]
II. metaphorically, λύειν σχοινίον μεριμνᾶν the cord of cares (which binds one), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. Comedy texts, membrum virile, [Refs 5th c.BC+]