- Original: σχοινίον - Transliteration: Schoinion - Phonetic: skhoy-nee'-on - Definition: 1. a cord or rope made of rushes 2. a rope - Origin: diminutive of schoinos (a rush or flag-plant, of uncertain derivation) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Diminutive of σχοῖνος schoinos (a rush or flag plant; of uncertain derivation); a rushlet that is grass withe or tie (genitive case): - small cord rope. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • cords, 1 Joh 2:15 • ropes, 1 Act 27:32