What does χαλινός (chalinós) mean in the Bible?
χαλινός (chalinós) is a Greek word meaning "a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)".
Greek · G5469
χαλινός
A curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)
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χαλινός G5469
Pronunciation chalinós
What does χαλινός (chalinós) mean in the Bible?
χαλινός (chalinós) is a Greek word meaning "a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5469?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include bits (1), bridles (1).
Where does χαλινός (chalinós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at James 3:3. Its strongest book concentrations include James (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It bits 1× James 3:3
bridles 1× Revelation 14:20
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row James 3:3
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
James 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
χαλινοὺς 1x chalinous James 3:3
χαλινῶν 1x chalinōn Revelation 14:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x James 3:3
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 14:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)
Strong's G5469
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
James 3:3 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
χαλινοὺς calinouv
a bridle
Read verse Revelation 14:20 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
χαλινῶν calinwn
a bridle
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Rev 14:20 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Jas 3:3 1×
Word Origins
χαλινός is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain