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