σκέλος skélos

Meaning

through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)

In the King James Version: leg

Derivation: apparently from (to parch;

Where it is used

• John 19:31 It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
• John 19:32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.
• John 19:33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.