Greek noun (masculine) · G1198
δέσμιος
desmiosdes'-mee-os
binding; bound, captive
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: désmios
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1198is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1198
a captive (as bound)
The King James renders it: in bonds, prisoner.
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
desmios is rendered "binding; bound, captive". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "binding".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 27:15Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
Matthew 27:15δέσμιον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's sixteen uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: binding, and bound, captive.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| binding | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 27:15Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their… |
| bound, captiveὁ δ., as subst., a prisoner | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 27:15Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| δεσμωτήριον | desmoterion | prison | Uses4 |
| δεσμεύω | desmeuo | to bind | Uses3 |
| δεσμοφύλαξ | desmophylax | jailer | Uses3 |
| δεσμώτης | desmotes | prisoner | Uses2 |
| δέσμη | desme | bundle | Uses1 |
| δεσμέω | desmeo | to shackle | Usesnot recorded |
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- δέσμιος7
- δέσμιον5
- δέσμιοι1
- δεσμίοις1
- δεσμίους.¶1
- δεσμίων1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7N-NSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular5N-ASM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1N-APM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1N-GPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1N-NPM
Matthew
two uses
Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
- δέσμιονdesmionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: prisoner
At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.
- δέσμιονdesmionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a prisoner
Mark
one use
Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.
- δέσμιονdesmionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: prisoner
Acts
six uses
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
- δέσμιοιdesmioinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: prisoners
When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
- δεσμίους.¶desmiousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: prisoners
So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”
- δέσμιοςdesmiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: prisoner
Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
- δέσμιοςdesmiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a prisoner
For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”
- δέσμιονdesmionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a prisoner
After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
- δέσμιοςdesmiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a prisoner
Ephesians
two uses
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
- δέσμιοςdesmiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: prisoner
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- δέσμιοςdesmiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: prisoner
2 Timothy
one use
So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
- δέσμιονdesmionnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: prisoner
Philemon
two uses
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,
- δέσμιοςdesmiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a prisoner
I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
- δέσμιοςdesmiosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a prisoner
Hebrews
two uses
You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
- δεσμίοιςdesmioisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: prisoners
Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
- δεσμίωνdesmionnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: prisoners
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.