ἅλυσιςhálysis

Meanings

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

• Mark 5:3 This man lived in the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain.
• Mark 5:4 Whenever he was put into chains and shackles—as he often was—he snapped the chains from his wrists and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
• Luke 8:29 For Jesus had already commanded the evil spirit to come out of him. This spirit had often taken control of the man. Even when he was placed under guard and put in chains and shackles, he simply broke them and rushed out into the wilderness, completely under the demon’s power.
• Acts 12:6 The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate.
• Acts 12:7 Suddenly, there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the Lord stood before Peter. The angel struck him on the side to awaken him and said, “Quick! Get up!” And the chains fell off his wrists.
• Acts 21:33 Then the commander arrested him and ordered him bound with two chains. He asked the crowd who he was and what he had done.