Quick Definition
the leg
Strong's Definition
through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)
Derivation: apparently from (to parch;
KJV Usage: leg
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκέλος, σκελους, τό, from Homer down, the leg i. e. from the hip to the toes inclusive: John 19:31 f, 33 .
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκέλος ske los 3x
the leg, Joh_19:31-33
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σκέλος , -ους , τό ,
[in LXX for H7272 , etc.;]
the leg from the hip downwards: ? Joh_19:3-33 †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκέλος [page 576]
a leg. For the literal sense, as in Joh_19:31 ff. , cf. P Par 12 .16 (B.C. 157) σπασάμενος λέπει με τῇ μαχαίρᾳ εἰς τὸ σκέλος , P Lips I. 37 .20 (A.D. 389) κατέκοψα [ν ] π̣[ληγ ]αῖς αὐτὸν κατά [τ ]ε τῶν σκελῶν καὶ κατὰ τῶν ἄλλων μελω̣̑ [ν ] τοῦ σώματος , and Aristeas 151 ἡ γὰρ ἰσχὺς τῶν ὅλων σωμάτων μετ᾽ ἐνεργείας ἀπέρεισιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους ἔχει καὶ τὰ σκέλη .
For the derived use of σκέλος in connexion with the building of irrigation works, cf. P Petr III. 39 i. 12 (iii/B.C.) εἰς τὰ ] ἐντὸς σκέλη τῆς ἀφέσεως τῆς [ἐν τῆι ἐγ ]βατηρίαι , and ib. ii. 9, iii. 9 . Cf. also PSI IV. 437 .2 (B.C. 247 6) περὶ τὰ σκεα τοῦ πλοίου , where the editor suggests a possible σκέλ̣<η > for σκεα , and cites Hesych. σκέλος· μέρος τι τῆς νεώς . We may add the late BGU I. 304 .3 ( c. A.D. 640) τοῦ βορρ (ινοῦ ) σκέλους ταύτης τῆς πολ (ι )τ (είας ). A verb σκελοκοπέω , unknown to the Lexicons, is found in Ev. Petr. 4.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σκέλος "the leg" from the hip downwards, Hdt. , etc.; πρυμνὸν σκέλος the ham or buttock, Il. :—as a military phrase, ἐπὶ σκέλος πάλιν χωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν to retreat with the face towards the enemy, Lat. pedetentim, Eur. , Ar. metaph., τὰ σκέλη "the legs", i. e. "the two long walls" between Athens and Peiraeus, Strab. ; τὰ μακρὰ σκ. Plut.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σκέλος, -ους, τό
[in LXX for רֶגֶל, etc. ;]
the leg from the hip downwards: ?Jhn.19:3-33 †
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