The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Cords, Small

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.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.