Quick Definition
σκέλος, ους, τό n.n. the leg
Strong's Definition
through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)
Derivation: apparently from (to parch;
KJV Usage: leg
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκέλος, -ous, τό, fr. Hom. down, the leg i. 6. from the hip to the toes inclusive: Jn. xix. 31 sq. 33.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκέλος skelos 3x
the leg, Jn. 19:31, 32, 33*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σκέλος, -ους, τό
[in LXX for רֶגֶל, etc. ;]
the leg from the hip downwards: Jo 19:31-33 †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκέλος, “‘a leg.” For the literal sense, as in Jn 19%! cf. P Par 1215 (B.c. 157) σπασάμενος λέπει pe τῇ μαχαίρᾳ εἰς TO , σκέπασμα σκέλος, P Lips I. 3755 (a.p. 380) κατέκοψα[ν] πίληγ]αῖς αὐτὸν κατά [Tle τῶν σκελῶν καὶ κατὰ τῶν ἄλλων μελῶ[ν] τοῦ σώματος, and Aristeas 151 ἣ γὰρ ἰσχὺς τῶν ὅλων σωμάτων per ἐνεργείας ἀπέρεισιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὦὥμους ἔχει καὶ τὰ σκέλη. For the derived use of σκέλος in connexion with the building of irrigation works, cf. P Petr III. 39%: 15 (iii/B.c.) εἰς τὰ] ἐντὸς σκέλη τῆς ἀφέσεως τῆς [ἐν τῆι ἐγ]βατηρίαι, and 26.11.9, 11-9, ΟἹ, also PSI IV. 4372 (B.c. 247-6) περὶ τὰ σκεα τοῦ πλοίου, where the editor suggests a possible oKéA<n> for okea, and cites Hesych. σκέλος" μέρος τι τῆς νεώς. We may add the late BGU I. 3043 (c. a.p. 640) τοῦ Bopp(tvot) σκέλους ταύτης τῆς πολί(ι)τ(είας). A verb σκελοκοπέω, unknown to the Lexicons, is found in Ev. Petr. 4.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σκέλος (skelos) — leg. σκέλος, εος, τό, leg from the hip downwards, only once in [Refs 8th c.BC+] the ham or buttock, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ σκέλη τε καὶ τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἐρείσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of dancers, τὸ σ. ῥίψαντες, αἴρειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐρανῷ σκέλη προφαίνων, of one thrown head foremost, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βαδιοῦνται ἐπὶ δυοῖν σκελοῖν, ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς πορεύσονται σκέλους, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ δεινός, ὁ ταλαύρινος, ὁ κατὰ τοῖν σκελοῖν he with the legs, the strider, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκέλε (i.e. probably σκέλει) δύο [Refs 4th c.BC+]: singular, leg of sacrificial victim, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. as a military phrase, ἐπὶ σκέλος πάλιν χωρεῖν, ἀνάγειν, retreat with the face towards the enemy, retire leisurely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. κατὰ σκέλος βαδίζειν, of the lion and the camel, with the hind foot following the fore on the same side (not crosswise), [Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. παρὰ σκέλος ἀπαντᾷ it meets one across, i.e. crosses one's path, thwarts one, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. metaphorically, τὰ σ. the legs, i.e. the two long walls connecting Athens with Piraeus, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὰ μακρὰ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of the long walls between Megara and Nisaea, τὰ Μεγαρικὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. b side-wall of a temple, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of other structures, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.2. side-poles or frames of an engine, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II.3. tails of a surgical bandage, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the ends of the Persian head-dress, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.4. members of a sentence, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. (Written σχέλος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]