Dictionary entry

Cords, Small

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kordz (schoinion, the diminutive of schoinos, "a rush," hence, "a rope of rushes"): Translated "small cords" (Joh 2:15the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "cords"). The same word is translated "ropes" inAc 27:32. See alsoJob 41:2margin.