Greek verb · G1195
δεσμεύω
desmeuodes-myoo'-o
to put in chains; to bind, tie together
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: desmeúō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1195is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1195
to be a binder (captor), i.e. to enchain (a prisoner), to tie on (a load)
The King James renders it: bind.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
desmeuo is rendered "to put in chains; to bind, tie together". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- One of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to put in chains".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 23:4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
Matthew 23:4δεσμεύουσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to put in chains, and to bind, tie together.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to put in chainsLuk.8:29, Act.22:4. | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 8:29For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him… |
| to bind, tie togetherφορτία, Mat.23:4.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 23:4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| δέσμιος | desmios | prisoner | Uses16 |
| δεσμωτήριον | desmoterion | prison | Uses4 |
| δεσμοφύλαξ | desmophylax | jailer | Uses3 |
| δεσμώτης | desmotes | prisoner | Uses2 |
| δέσμη | desme | bundle | Uses1 |
| δεσμέω | desmeo | to shackle | Usesnot recorded |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- δεσμεύουσιν1
- δεσμεύων1
- ἐδεσμεύετο1
The grammar of each form
- verb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IPI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
Matthew
one use
They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
- δεσμεύουσινdesmeuousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They tie up
Luke
one use
For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
- ἐδεσμεύετοedesmeuetoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was shackled
Acts
one use
I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
- δεσμεύωνdesmeuonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: binding
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.