Seira denotes the restraints associated with the confinement of sinful angels for judgment.

The attested use places the term in the confinement of angels who sinned, joined to their being kept for judgment in 2 Peter 2:4.

1. Restraints in confinement for judgment · dominant

   In 2 Peter 2:4, the dative plural feminine form occurs in the clause about angels who sinned being cast into Tartarus and kept for judgment; the APB renders the clause "with chains of darkness and committed them to judgment, keeping them there."

   2 Peter 2:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Peter 2:4, the APB presents the confinement with the phrase "chains of darkness." The precise contribution of the term within that phrase cannot be isolated further.