Quick Definition
I bind, put in chains
Strong's Definition
to be a binder (captor), i.e. to enchain (a prisoner), to tie on (a load)
Derivation: from a (presumed) derivative of G1196 (δεσμέω);
KJV Usage: bind
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δεσμεύω; (imperfect passive 3 person singular ἐδεσμεύετο (Luk_8:29 T Tr WH)); (δεσμός);
a. to put in chains: Luk_8:29 T Tr WH; Act_22:4; (the Sept. Jdg_16:11; Euripides, Bacch. 616; Xenophon, Hier. 6, 14; Plato, legg. 7, p. 808 d.).
b. to bind up, bind together: φορτία, Mat_23:4; (δράγματα, Gen_37:7; Jdt_8:3. (Hesiod, Works, 479, others)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δεσμεύω desmeuō 3x
to bind, bind up, as a bundle, Mat_23:4 ; to bind, confine, Luk_8:29 ; Act_22:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δεσμεύω
( < δεσμός ),
[in LXX for H631 ( Jdg_16:11 , al. ), H481 pi . ( Gen_37:7 , al. ), etc.;]
1. to put in chains: Luk_8:29 , Act_22:4 .
2. to bind, tie together: φορτία , Mat_23:4 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δεσμεύω [page 142]
For δεσμεύω , bind together, as in Mat_23:4 , cf. P Lond 131 recto .426, .437 (farm accounts A.D. 78 9) (= I. p. 182 f.) ἐργάτηι δεσμεύοντι ἀγκάλας . . . δεσμεύων ἀγκάλας ἐν τω̣̑ χωρίῳ ἐργάτης ᾱ , P Oxy VII. 1049 .7 (late ii/A.D.) ἄλ (λοις ) β̄ ἐργ (άταις ) δεσμ (εύουσι ) μανδ (άκας ) (δραχμαὶ ) γ̄ (τριώβολον ), so .12, .17, .22 , and P Flor III. 322 .31 (? A.D. 258) δεσμεύοντες τὸν αὐτὸν χόρτον δέσμες ( i.e. -αις ) βῡ (also .22, .36 ). In this meaning the verb is linked with δέσμη : for that which looks towards δεσμός , as in Luk_8:29 , cf. the incantation in the great Paris magical papyrus, P Par 574 .1246 (iii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 114) ἔξελθε δαῖμον , ἐπεί σε δεσμεύω δεσμοῖς ἀδαμαντίνοις ἀλύτοις . Cf. P Lond 46 .320 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 75) δεσμεύων λέγε καταδεσμεύω τὸν (δεῖνα ) κτλ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
δεσμεύω [Etym: δεσμός] "to fetter, put in chains", Hhymn. , Eur. : "to tie together", as corn in the sheaf, Hes.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δεσμεύω
(δεσμός), [in LXX for אָסַר (Jdg.16:11, al.), אָלַם pi. (Gen.37:7, al.), etc. ;]
__1. to put in chains: Luk.8:29, Act.22:4.
__2. to bind, tie together: φορτία, Mat.23:4.†
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