Strong G1196δεσμέω

to shackle

Transliteration
desmeō
Pronunciation
des-meh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1199; to tie that is shackle: - bind.

Detailed definition

δεσμέω, -ῶ
Rec. for δεσμεύω, which see: Luk.8:29.†
δεσμεύω
(δεσμός), [in LXX for אָסַר (Jdg.16:11, al.), אָלַם pi. (Gen.37:7, al.), etc.;]
1. to put in chains: Luk.8:29, Act.22:4.

2. to bind, tie together: φορτία, Mat.23:4.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1196 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bind1

First verses

  1. Luke 8:29
    (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δεσμ-έω,
={δεσμεύω} (un-Attic, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 122), NT.Luke.8.29, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 8.9)]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 39, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 20, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 1.75, 106)]; of joints, undergo ankylosis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.410.)]