σκέλοςskélos
GreekG46283 occurrences (KJV)
through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)
KJV renders it: leg
Where it appears
- John 19:31Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
- John 19:32Therefore the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him;
- John 19:33but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn’t break his legs.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.