To bind
δέωStrong’s G1210deō
Appears in 41 verses of the New Testament
In short
Deō is the Greek word usually translated “bound”, “having bound” and “tied”. It appears in 41 verses of the New Testament.
“Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.”
Meaning
Usually translated “bound”, “having bound” and “tied”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- bound 16
- having bound 5
- tied 4
- has been bound 3
- he shall bind 2
- you shall bind 2
- to bind 2
- to be bound 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 12
- Matthew 8
- Mark 8
- John 4
- Luke 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- Matthew 14:3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
- Matthew 16:19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
- Matthew 18:18Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
- Matthew 21:2Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
- Matthew 22:13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Greek dictionary
δέω deō · to bind
δέω (I), [in LXX chiefly for אסר ;] to tie, bind, fasten; (1) with accusative of thing(s), before εἰς δεσμάς, Mat.13:30; of an ass, Mat.21:2, Mrk.11:2, 4 Luk.19:30. (2) with accusative of person(s), of swathing a dead body, ὀθονίοις, Jhn.19:40; δεδομένος τ. πόδας . . . κειρίαις (Bl., §34, 6; Kühner 3, iii, 125), Jhn.11:44; of binding with chains, ἀγγέλους, Rev.9:14; a demoniac, πέδαις κ. ἁλύσεσι, Mrk.5:3, 4; captives, Mat.12:29 14:3 22:13 27:2, Mrk.3:27 6:17 15:1, 7, Jhn.18:12, 24, Act.9:2, 14, 21, 21:11, 13 22:5, 29 24:27, Col.4:3, Rev.20:2; ἁλύσεσι, Act.12:6 21:33. Metaphorical, ὁ λόγος …
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.