Quick Definition
a chain
Strong's Definition
akin to G138 (αἱρέομαι)); a chain (as binding or drawing)
Derivation: probably from G4951 (σύρω) through its congener (to fasten;
KJV Usage: chain
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σειρά, σειράς, ἡ (εἴρω, to fasten, bind together, (akin to Latinsero, series, servus, etc.); cf. Curtius, § 518), from Homer down;
a. a line, a rope.
b. a chain: σειραῖς ζόφου (A. V. to chains of darkness, i. e.) to darkness as if to chains, 2Pe_2:4 R G (but Tr WH have σειροις, L T σιροις, which see in their place); μία ἁλύσει σκότους πάντες ἐδέθησαν, Wis_17:17 (18).
STRONGS NT 4577: σειρόςσειρός, σειρου, ὁ, equivalent to σειρά, which see: 2Pe_2:4 Tr WH. But σειρός, Latinsirus, in secular writings is a pit, an underground granary (e. g. Demosthenes, p. 100 at the end (where the Schol. τούς θησαυρούς καί τά ὀρυγματα ἐν οἷς κατετιθεντο τά σπέρματα σιρους ἐκάλουν οἱ θρακες καί οἱ Λίβυες); Diodorus Siculus 19, 44; cf. Suidas under the word σειροι; Valesius on Harpocration Lexicon, under the word μελίνη. See Field, Otium Norv. Pars iii., at the passage Accordingly R. V. text follows the critical editions (cf. σιρός) and renders pits of darkness).
STRONGS NT 4577: σιρόςσιρός, σιρου, ὁ, equivalent to σειρός, which see: 2Pe_2:4 L T.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σειρά seira 1x
a cord, rope, band; in NT a chain, 2Pe_2:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σειρά , -ᾶς , ἡ ,
[in LXX : Jdg_16:13-14 ; Jdg_16:19 ( H4253 ), Pro_5:22 ( H2256 ) * ;]
1. (a) a cord;
(b) a chain ( cf. Pr., l.c .): σειραὶ ζόφου , 2Pe_2:4 , Rec. , R , mg . ( see σειρός ).
2. a lock of hair (Jg, ll . c .).†
* σειρός
(σιρός , T ), -οῦ , ὁ
( Rec. , R , mg ., σειρά , q.v. ), = cl . σιρός , a pit for the storage of grain: σειροὶ ζόφου , 2Pe_2:4 , WH , R ., txt . (but v. Mayor , in l ; Field, Notes , 241).†
σιρός , see σειρός .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σειρά [page 571]
a chain, is read in the TR of 2Pe_2:4 σείραις ζόφου , but not elsewhere in the Greek Bible, except Jdg_16:13 , Pro_5:22 : cf. Syll 588 .201 ( c . B.C. 180) ἐκ τῆς σει ]ρᾶς κρεμαμένων . See s.v . σειρός . On Σειραί , the Catenae of the Greek Church, see an art. by Nestle in Exp T x. p. 218 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σειρά σειρά, ionic σειρή, ἡ, [Etym: εἴρω, ἀείρω] "a cord, rope, string, band", Hom. ; ς. χρυσείη "a cord or chain" of gold, Il. "a cord with a noose", like the "lasso", used by the Sagartians and Sarmatians to entangle and drag away their enemies, Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σειρά, -ᾶς, ἡ
[in LXX: Jdg.16:13-14, 19 (מַחְלָפָה), Pro.5:22 (חֶבֶל) * ;]
__1. (a) a cord;
__(b) a chain (cf. Pr., l.with): σειραὶ ζόφου, 2Pe.2:4, Rec., R, mg. (see: σειρός).
__2. a lock of hair (Jg, ll. with).†
(AS)