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Greek verb · G1210

δέω

deodeh'-o

to bind

43 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: déō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1210is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 22
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G1210

to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: bind, be in bonds, knit, tie, wind.

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

deo is rendered "to bind". It stands 43 times in the Greek text, across ten books.

  • Twelve of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:29Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-two different ways.

The first use

Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

Matthew 12:29δήσῃ

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twelve of the word's forty-three uses are in Acts.

The other 17 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • bound15
  • having bound5
  • tied4
  • has been bound3
  • he shall bind2
  • to be bound2
  • to bind2
  • you shall bind2
  • do bind1
  • has bound1
  • Have you been bound1
  • he bound1

and 4 more, 43 uses in all

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.

The words it stands beside

All 43, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

22 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

  • δεδεμένον5
  • δεδεμένος4
  • δεδεμένους4
  • ἔδησεν4
  • δέδεται3
  • δήσαντες3
  • δεθῆναι2
  • δῆσαι2
  • δήσῃ2
  • ἔδησαν2
  • δεδεκώς.¶1
  • δέδεμαι1

and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular5V-RPP-ASM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-AAI-3S
  • verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural4V-RPP-APM
  • verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4V-RPP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3V-AAP-NPM
  • verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-RPI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-AAS-3S
  • verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)2V-APN
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM

Matthew

ten uses
  • Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

    Matthew 12:29

    • δήσῃdeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he shall bind
  • Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

    Matthew 13:30

    • δήσατεdesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do bind
  • Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

    Matthew 14:3

    • ἔδησενedesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he bound
  • I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

    Matthew 16:19

    • δήσῃςdesesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you shall bind
    • δεδεμένονdedemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: bound
  • Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

    Matthew 18:18

    • δήσητεdeseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall bind
    • δεδεμέναdedemenaverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: bound
  • saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

    Matthew 21:2

    • δεδεμένηνdedemenenverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tied
  • Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

    Matthew 22:13

    • δήσαντεςdesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having bound
  • They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.

    Matthew 27:2

    • δήσαντεςdesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having bound

Mark

eight uses
  • Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

    Mark 3:27

    • δήσῃdeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he shall bind
  • This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.

    Mark 5:3

    • δῆσαιdesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bind
  • Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.

    Mark 5:4

    • δεδέσθαιdedesthaiverb · perfect passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have been bound
  • For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

    Mark 6:17

    • ἔδησενedesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: bound
  • and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

    Mark 11:2

    • δεδεμένονdedemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: tied
  • So they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,

    Mark 11:4

    • δεδεμένονdedemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: tied
  • Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.

    Mark 15:1

    • δήσαντεςdesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having bound
  • And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection.

    Mark 15:7

    • δεδεμένοςdedemenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: bound

Luke

two uses
  • 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?”

    Luke 13:16

    • ἔδησενedesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has bound
  • saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

    Luke 19:30

    • δεδεμένονdedemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: tied

John

four uses
  • The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

    John 11:44

    • δεδεμένοςdedemenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: bound
  • Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.

    John 18:12

    • ἔδησανedesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: bound
  • Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

    John 18:24

    • δεδεμένονdedemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: bound
  • So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

    John 19:40

    • ἔδησανedesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: bound

Acts

twelve uses
  • and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

    Acts 9:2

    • δεδεμένουςdedemenousverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: bound
  • And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

    Acts 9:14

    • δῆσαιdesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bind
  • All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

    Acts 9:21

    • δεδεμένουςdedemenousverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: bound
  • On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

    Acts 12:6

    • δεδεμένοςdedemenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: bound
  • And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

    Acts 20:22

    • δεδεμένοςdedemenosverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: bound
  • Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

    Acts 21:11

    • δήσαςdesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having bound
    • δήσουσινdesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will bind
  • Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

    Acts 21:13

    • δεθῆναιdethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be bound
  • The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

    Acts 21:33

    • δεθῆναιdethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be bound
  • as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

    Acts 22:5

    • δεδεμένουςdedemenousverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: bound
  • Then those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.

    Acts 22:29

    • δεδεκώς.¶dedekosverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having bound
  • After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

    Acts 24:27

    • δεδεμένον.¶dedemenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: imprisoned

Romans

one use
  • For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

    Romans 7:2

    • δέδεταιdedetaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been bound

1 Corinthians

two uses
  • Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

    1 Corinthians 7:27

    • δέδεσαιdedesaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: Have you been bound
  • A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

    1 Corinthians 7:39

    • δέδεταιdedetaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been bound

Colossians

one use
  • as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

    Colossians 4:3

    • δέδεμαιdedemaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have been bound

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!

    2 Timothy 2:9

    • δέδεταιdedetaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been bound

Revelation

two uses
  • saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

    Revelation 9:14

    • δεδεμένουςdedemenousverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: bound
  • He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

    Revelation 20:2

    • ἔδησενedesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: bound

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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