Strong's Greek · G4628

σκέλος

skélos

leg

Definition

through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)

Derivation

apparently from (to parch;

Appears 3 times in Scripture

John 19:31

It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

John 19:33

But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.

John 19:32

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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