What does σκέλος (skélos) mean in the Bible?
σκέλος (skélos): Leg from hip downward; used literally for breaking legs of crucified victims to hasten death.
Greek · G4628
σκέλος
Through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)
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σκέλος G4628
Pronunciation skélos
What does σκέλος (skélos) mean in the Bible?
σκέλος (skélos): Leg from hip downward; used literally for breaking legs of crucified victims to hasten death.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4628?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include legs (3).
Where does σκέλος (skélos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 19:31. Its strongest book concentrations include John (3).
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 legs 3× John 19:31, John 19:32, John 19:33
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Usage map
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First aligned row John 19:31
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
John 3
Source forms
σκέλη 3x skelē John 19:31, John 19:32, John 19:33
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 3x John 19:31, John 19:32, John 19:33
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Leg from hip downward; used literally for breaking legs of crucified victims to hasten death.
Strong's G4628
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link John 19:31-33 Source Gloss
through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Leg from hip downward; used literally for breaking legs of crucified victims to hasten death.
the leg from the hip downwards: ?Jhn.19:3-33
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.
John 19:31 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
σκέλη, skelh
the leg
Read verse John 19:32 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
σκέλη skelh
the leg
Read verse John 19:33 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
σκέλη· skelh
the leg
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter John 19:31 · John 19:32 · John 19:33 3×
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Biblical Witnesses
Breaking of legs to hasten death of crucified persons, literal physical limbs
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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