Mark 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.”
Mark 5:4 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Mark 5:423 words
διὰdiathrough / because of
τὸtothe
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
πολλάκιςpollakisoft(-en, -entimes, -times)
πέδαιςpedaisfetter
καὶkaiand / also
ἁλύσεσιhalysesibonds, chain
δεδέσθαιdedesthaibind, be in bonds, knit
καὶkaiand / also
διεσπάσθαιdiespasthaipluck
asunder, pull in pieces
ὑπ’hyp’under / by
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
τὰςtasthe
ἁλύσειςhalyseisbonds, chain
καὶkaiand / also
τὰςtasthe
πέδαςpedasfetter
συντετρῖφθαιsyntetriphthaibreak (in pieces), broken to shivers (+
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καὶkaiand / also
οὐδεὶςoudeisno one
ἴσχυενischyenbe able, avail, can do(-not)
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
δαμάσαιdamasaitame
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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