χαλινός chalinós

Meaning

a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit)

In the King James Version: bit, bridle

Derivation: from G5465 (χαλάω);

Where it is used

• James 3:3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
• Revelation 14:20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.