The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S
Open Bibleσκέλος
G4628 · skélos · skel'-os · Greek
Strong’s definition
through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)
KJV usage
:--leg.
3mapped occurrences
3verses
1KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping
legs 3
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Mapped occurrences
John 19:31Mapped KJV word: legs
John 19:32Mapped KJV word: legs
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
John 19:33Mapped KJV word: legs
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: