Greek noun (masculine) · G1199
G1199
chain
17 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1199is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1199
a band, i.e. ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively, an impediment or disability
The King James renders it: band, bond, chain, string.
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
G1199 is rendered "chain". It stands 17 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 7:35Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
Mark 7:35δεσμὸς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's seventeen uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- chains11
- of chains3
- band1
- bond1
- in chains1
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.
All 17, 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
- δεσμῶν6
- δεσμοῖς5
- δεσμὰ3
- δεσμὸς1
- δεσμοῦ1
- δεσμούς1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural6N-GPM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural5N-DPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural2N-NPN
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1N-APM
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1N-NSM
Mark
one use
Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
- δεσμὸςdesmosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: band
Luke
two uses
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.
- δεσμὰdesmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: chains
Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
- δεσμοῦdesmounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: bond
Acts
five uses
Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
- δεσμὰdesmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: chains
I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
- δεσμὰdesmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: chains
I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
- δεσμῶνdesmonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of chains
“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”
- δεσμῶνdesmonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: chains
On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
- δεσμῶνdesmonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of chains
Philippians
three uses
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.
- δεσμοῖςdesmoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: chains
As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
- δεσμούςdesmousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: chains
And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.
- δεσμοῖςdesmoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: chains
Colossians
one use
This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
- δεσμῶνdesmonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: chains
2 Timothy
one use
for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
- δεσμῶνdesmonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: chains
Philemon
two uses
I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
- δεσμοῖςdesmoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: chains
I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
- δεσμοῖςdesmoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: chains
Hebrews
one use
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
- δεσμῶνdesmonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of chains
Jude
one use
And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- δεσμοῖςdesmoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: in chains
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.