4886. sundesmos
Strong's Lexicon
sundesmos: Bond, ligament, uniting principle

Original Word: σύνδεσμος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: sundesmos
Pronunciation: soon'-des-mos
Phonetic Spelling: (soon'-des-mos)
Definition: Bond, ligament, uniting principle
Meaning: that which binds together; a band, bond.

Word Origin: From σύν (syn, meaning "together") and δεσμός (desmos, meaning "a band" or "a bond")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "sundesmos," the concept of a bond or unity can be related to Hebrew terms like חֶבֶל (chebel, meaning "cord" or "band") and אֲחֻזָּה (achuzzah, meaning "possession" or "holding together").

Usage: The term "sundesmos" is used in the New Testament to describe a bond or connection that unites individuals or elements together. It often conveys the idea of a unifying force or principle that holds together a group or community, particularly in a spiritual or relational context.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of a "bond" was significant in various contexts, including familial, social, and political relationships. Bonds were seen as essential for maintaining order and unity within communities. In the New Testament, the term is used metaphorically to describe the spiritual and relational ties that bind believers together in the body of Christ.

HELPS Word-studies

4886 sýndesmos (from 4862 /sýn, "closely identity with" and 1210 /déō, "to bind") – properly, a bond (close union); a close (inner) identity which produces close harmony between members joined closely together (WP).

[Note the "close, firm bond conveyed by syn (together," WS, 242).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from sundeó
Definition
that which binds together, i.e. a bond
NASB Translation
bond (1), bond of unity (1), bondage (1), ligaments (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4886: σύνδεσμος

σύνδεσμος, συνδεσμου, (συνδέω);

1. that which binds together, a band, bond: of the ligaments by which the members of the human body are united together (Euripides, Hipp. 199; Tim. Locr., p. 100 b. (i. e., 3, 3, p. 386, Bekker edition); Aristotle, h. a. 10, 7, 3, p. 638b, 9; Galen), Colossians 2:19 (where see Lightfoot); tropically: τῷ συνδέσμῳ τῆς εἰρήνης, i. e. τῇ εἰρήνη ὡς συνδέσμῳ, Ephesians 4:3 (σύνδεσμος εὐνοίας καί φιλίας, Plutarch, Numbers 6); ἥτις ἐστι σύνδεσμος τῆς τελειότητος, that in which all the virtues are so bound together that perfection is the result, and not one of them is lacking to that perfection, Colossians 3:14 (cf. Lightfoot at the passage). εἰς σύνδεσμον ἀδικίας ὁρῶ σε ὄντα, I see that you have fallen into (cf. εἰμί, V. 2 a., p. 179a, and see below) the bond of iniquity, i. e. forged by iniquity to fetter souls, Acts 8:23 (the phrase σύνδεσμον ἀδικίας occurs in another sense in Isaiah 58:6).

2. that which is bound together, a bundle: properly, σύνδεσμος ἐπιστολῶν, Herodian, 4, 12, 11 (6, Bekker edition); hence, some interpreters think that by σύνδεσμον ἀδικίας, in Acts 8:23 above, Simon is described as a bundle of iniquity, compacted as it were of iniquity (just as Cicero, in Pison. 9, 21 calls a certain man animal ex omnium scelerum importunitate ... concretum); but besides the circumstance that this interpretation is extremely bold, no examples can be adduced of this tropical use of the noun.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
bond.

From sun and desmon; a joint tie, i.e. Ligament, (figuratively) uniting principle, control -- band, bond.

see GREEK sun

see GREEK desmon

Forms and Transliterations
σύνδεσμοι συνδεσμον σύνδεσμον συνδεσμος σύνδεσμος συνδέσμους συνδεσμω συνδέσμω συνδέσμῳ συνδεσμων συνδέσμων sundesmo sundesmō sundesmon sundesmōn sundesmos syndesmo syndesmō syndésmoi syndésmōi syndesmon syndesmōn syndésmon syndésmōn sýndesmon syndesmos sýndesmos
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 8:23 N-AMS
GRK: πικρίας καὶ σύνδεσμον ἀδικίας ὁρῶ
NAS: of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.
KJV: and [in] the bond of iniquity.
INT: of bitterness and a bond of unrighteousness I see

Ephesians 4:3 N-DMS
GRK: ἐν τῷ συνδέσμῳ τῆς εἰρήνης
NAS: of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
KJV: of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
INT: in the bond of peace

Colossians 2:19 N-GMP
GRK: ἁφῶν καὶ συνδέσμων ἐπιχορηγούμενον καὶ
NAS: by the joints and ligaments, grows
KJV: and bands having nourishment ministered,
INT: joints and ligaments being supplied and

Colossians 3:14 N-NMS
GRK: ὅ ἐστιν σύνδεσμος τῆς τελειότητος
NAS: which is the perfect bond of unity.
KJV: which is the bond of perfectness.
INT: which is [the] bond of perfect unity

Strong's Greek 4886
4 Occurrences


συνδέσμῳ — 1 Occ.
συνδέσμων — 1 Occ.
σύνδεσμον — 1 Occ.
σύνδεσμος — 1 Occ.

















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