To bind
δεσμεύωStrong’s G1195desmeuō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Desmeuō is the Greek word usually translated “tie up”, “was shackled” and “binding”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.”
Meaning
Usually translated “tie up”, “was shackled” and “binding”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they tie up 1
- he was shackled 1
- binding 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 8:29(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
- Acts 22:4And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Greek dictionary
δεσμεύω desmeuō · to bind
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.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bind” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BIND, verb transitive
- To tie together, or confine with a cord, or any thing that is flexible; to fasten as with a band, fillet or ligature.
- To gird, inwrap or involve; to confine by a wrapper, cover or bandage; sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
- To confine or restrain, as with a chain, fetters or cord; as, bind him hand and foot.
- To restrain in any manner.“He bindeth the floods from overflowing” Job 28:11
All definitions and other forms of “bind”
- To oblige by a promise, vow, stipulation, covenant, law, duty or any other moral tie; to engage.“If a man shall swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond” Numbers 30:2
- To confirm or ratify.“Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven” Matthew 16:19
- To distress, trouble, or confine by infirmity.“Whom Satan hath bound these eighteen years” Luke 13:16
- To constrain by a powerful influence or persuasion.“I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem” Acts 20:22
- To restrain the natural discharges of the bowels; to make costive; as, certain kinds of food bind the body or bowels.
- To form a border; to fasten with a band, ribin, or any thing that strengthens the edges; as, to bind a garment or carpet.
- To cover with leather or anything firm; to sew together and cover; as, to bind a book.
- To cover or secure by a band; as, to bind a wheel with tire.
- To oblige to serve, by contract; as, to bind an apprentice; often with out; as, to bind out a servant.
- To make hard or firm; as, certain substances bind the earth.
BIND, verb intransitive
To contract; to grow hard or stiff; as, clay binds by heat.
- To grow or become costive.
- To be obligatory.
BIND, noun
A stalk of hops, so called from its winding round a pole or tree, or being bound to it.
- A bind of eels, is a quantity consisting of 10 strikes, each containing 25 eels, or 250 in the whole.
- Among miners, indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxyd of iron.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.