Fetter

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Πέδη (Strong'S #3976 — Noun Feminine — pede — ped'-ay )

"a fetter" (akin to peza, "the instep," and pous, "a foot;" cp. Eng. prefix ped---), occurs in  Mark 5:4;  Luke 8:29 . Cp. FOOT.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.

(2): ( n.) A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.

(3): ( n.) Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.

(4): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Judges 16:21 2 Chronicles 33:11 Psalm 149:8 Mark 5:4 Psalm 105:18 2 Timothy 2:9

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Fetter . See Chain.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

fet´ẽr  : Found only in the plural in both Old Testament and New Testament; fetters of iron ( Psalm 105:18;  Psalm 149:8; so probably  Mark 5:4;  Luke 8:29 ) or brass ( Judges 16:21;  2 Kings 25:7 ) were frequently used for securing prisoners. See Chain .

Figurative: of trouble (  Job 36:8 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Fetter'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/f/fetter.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.