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 27New Testament books
- 22spellings
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.
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.
- 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.’”
- 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,
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’
- δήσαντεςdesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having bound
They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ἔδησανedesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: bound
Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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?”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
