G1195
G1195 — δεσμεύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
desmeuo (des-myoo'-o) v.
1. to be a binder (captor), i.e. to enchain (a prisoner), to tie on (a load)
[from a (presumed) derivative of G1196]
KJV: bind
Root(s): G1196
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
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)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δεσμεύω (bind)
Matthew 23:4
- KJV: For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne and lay on men’s shoulders but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers
- GK: δεσμεύουσι γαρ φορτία βαρέα και δυσβάστακτα και επιτιθέασιν επί τους ώμους των ανθρώπων τω δε δακτύλω αυτών ου θέλουσι κινήσαι αυτά
Acts 22:4
- KJV: And I persecuted this way unto the death binding and delivering into prisons both men and women
- GK: ος ταύτην την οδόν εδίωξα άχρι θανάτου δεσμεύων και παραδιδούς εις φυλακάς άνδρας τε και γυναίκας