Quick Definition
a cord, rope
Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation); a rushlet, i.e. grass-withe or tie (generally)
Derivation: diminutive of (a rush or flag-plant;
KJV Usage: small cord, rope
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σχοινίον, σχοινιου, τό (diminutive of the noun σχοῖνος, ὁ and ἡ, a rush), from Herodotus down, properly, a cord or rope made of rushes; universally, a rope: Joh_2:15; Act_27:32.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σχοινίον schoinion 2x
pr. a cord made of rushes; genr. a rope, cord, Joh_2:15 ; Act_27:32
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σχοινίον , -ου , τό
(dimin. of σχοῖνος , a rush ),
[in LXX chiefly for a rope ( prop ., one made of rushes): Joh_2:15 , Act_27:32 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σχοινίον [page 619]
dim. of σχοῖνος , a rush, and hence a rope made of rushes ( Joh_2:15 , Act_27:32 ) : cf. P Oxy III. 502 .36 (A.D. 164) τοῦ προκειμένου φρέατος τροχελλέαν σὺν σχοινίῳ καινῷ , the reel of the aforesaid well provided with a new rope (Edd.), and ib . VI. 904 .6 (v/A.D.), a petition from a man who complains that he is καθ᾽ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν μετεωριζ [ό ]μενον σχοινίοις , daily suspended by ropes.
The transition of σχοινίον to a term of measurement, as in Ps 15 .6 , appears in such passages as P Oxy XIV. 1635 .7 (B.C. 44 37) ἀπὸ μὲν ἀπηλιώτου εἰς λί ]βα σχοινία δύ [ο ἥ ]μισυ , ἀπὸ δὲ νότ [ου ] εἰς βορρᾶν σχοινία , where the editors note that the σχοινίον was the side of an aroura and 100 cubits in length. Cf. BGU IV. 1060 .21 (B.C. 23 2) τὰ εἴκοσι σχοινία , P Fay 110 .28 (A.D. 94) τὰς θύρας ἐπιστησάτωσαν οἱ τέκτονες· πέμπω δέ σοι τὰ σχυινία , let the carpenters put up the doors; I send you the measurements (Edd.), and P Ryl II. 165 .17 (A.D. 266) sale of 4 arourae of catoecic Iand τῷ τῆς κατοικίας δικαίῳ σχοινίῳ , measured by the just measurement of the settlement (Edd.). See Preisigke FachwMrter s.v .
An interesting ex. of σχοῖνος = a rope is afforded by P Oxy I. 69 .8 (A.D. 190) where a theft of barley is detected ἐκ τοῦ . . ἀποσύρματος σχοί [νου , from the marks of a rope dragged along (Edd.). The word is used by Aquila in his version of Psa. 44꞉ 2 [MT Psa_45:2 ] for a pen (LXX κάλαμος , Symmachus γραφεῖον ) : cf. Jer_8:8 . For σχοινιοπλόκος , a rope-weaver, see P Oxy VI. 934 .4 (iii/A.D.), and for σχο̣ινουργός with the same meaning, see P Lond 1171 .64 (B.C. 8) (= III. p. 179). MGr σκοινί (σχοινί ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σχοινίον σχοινίον, ου, τό, [Etym: Dim. of σχοῖνος III] "a cord", Hdt. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σχοινίον, -ου, τό
(dimin. of σχοῖνος, a rush),
[in LXX chiefly for a rope (prop., one made of rushes): Jhn.2:15, Act.27:32.†
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