King James Version
Mark 5:3 in the King James Version says “Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:” — study this verse from Mark chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:”
Mark 5:3 · KJV
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him .
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“his dwelling”
G2731residence (properly, the act; but by implication, concretely, the mansion)
“had”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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