koÌ‚rdz (σχοινιÌον, schoinıÌon, the diminutive of schoıÌnos, “a rush,†hence, “a rope of rushesâ€): Translated “small cords†( the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) “cordsâ€). The same word is translated “ropes†in . See also margin.