What does πέδη (pédē) mean in the Bible?
πέδη (pédē) is a Greek word meaning "a shackle for the feet".
Greek · G3976
πέδη
A shackle for the feet
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πέδη G3976
Pronunciation pédē
What does πέδη (pédē) mean in the Bible?
πέδη (pédē) is a Greek word meaning "a shackle for the feet".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3976?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include shackles (3).
Where does πέδη (pédē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 5:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It shackles 3× Mark 5:4, Luke 8:29
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 5:4
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Mark 2 Luke 1
Source forms
πέδαις 2x pedais Mark 5:4, Luke 8:29
πέδας 1x pedas Mark 5:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 2x Mark 5:4, Luke 8:29
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Mark 5:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a shackle for the feet
Strong's G3976
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a shackle for the feet
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 5:4 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
πέδαις pedaiv
a shackle
Read verse Mark 5:4 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πέδας pedav
a shackle
Read verse Luke 8:29 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
πέδαις pedaiv
a shackle
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Feminine Mark 5:4 · Luke 8:29 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Mark 5:4 1×
Word Origins
πέδη is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain