1195. desmeuó
Strong's Lexicon
desmeuó: To bind, to tie up

Original Word: δεσμεύω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: desmeuó
Pronunciation: des-myoo'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (des-myoo'-o)
Definition: To bind, to tie up
Meaning: I bind, put in chains, tie together.

Word Origin: From δεσμός (desmos), meaning "a bond" or "chain."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H631 (אָסַר, 'asar): To bind, imprison

- H7194 (קָשַׁר, qashar): To bind, tie, conspire

Usage: The verb δεσμεύω (desmeuó) is used in the New Testament to describe the act of binding or tying up, often in a literal sense, such as binding a person with chains or ropes. It can also have a metaphorical application, referring to spiritual or moral binding.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Greco-Roman world, binding was a common practice for prisoners or captives, often involving physical restraints like chains or ropes. This imagery would have been familiar to early Christians, who lived under Roman rule where imprisonment and physical binding were prevalent. The concept of binding also had spiritual connotations, as seen in Jewish traditions where binding and loosing were terms used in rabbinic authority to permit or prohibit actions.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from desmos
Definition
to bind together, to fetter
NASB Translation
binding (1), bound (1), tie (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1195: δεσμεύω

δεσμεύω; (imperfect passive 3 person singular ἐδεσμεύετο (Luke 8:29 T Tr WH)); (δεσμός);

a. to put in chains: Luke 8:29 T Tr WH; Acts 22:4; (the Sept. Judges 16:11; Euripides, Bacch. 616; Xenophon, Hier. 6, 14; Plato, legg. 7, p. 808 d.).

b. to bind up, bind together: φορτία, Matthew 23:4; (δράγματα, Genesis 37:7; Judith 8:3. (Hesiod, Works, 479, others)).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
bind together

From a (presumed) derivative of desmeo; to be a binder (captor), i.e. To enchain (a prisoner), to tie on (a load) -- bind.

see GREEK desmeo

Forms and Transliterations
δεσμεύειν δεσμεύεις δεσμεύοντες δεσμεύουσι δεσμευουσιν δεσμεύουσιν δεσμευων δεσμεύων εδεσμευετο ἐδεσμεύετο desmeuon desmeuōn desmeúon desmeúōn desmeuousin desmeúousin edesmeueto edesmeúeto
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 23:4 V-PIA-3P
GRK: δεσμεύουσιν δὲ φορτία
NAS: They tie up heavy burdens
KJV: For they bind heavy burdens
INT: they tie up moreover burdens

Luke 8:29 V-IIM/P-3S
GRK: αὐτόν καὶ ἐδεσμεύετο ἁλύσεσιν καὶ
NAS: times; and he was bound with chains
INT: him and he was bound with chains and

Acts 22:4 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἄχρι θανάτου δεσμεύων καὶ παραδιδοὺς
NAS: to the death, binding and putting
KJV: unto the death, binding and delivering
INT: as far as death binding and betraying

Strong's Greek 1195
3 Occurrences


δεσμεύων — 1 Occ.
δεσμεύουσιν — 1 Occ.
ἐδεσμεύετο — 1 Occ.

















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