Original Word: δεσμεύω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: desmeuó
Phonetic Spelling: (des-myoo'-o)
Short Definition: I bind, put in chains
Definition: I bind, put in chains, tie together.STRONGS NT 1195: δεσμεύω

δεσμεύω; (imperfect passive 3 person singular ἐδεσμεύετο (Luke 8:29 T Tr WH)); (δεσμός);

a. to put in chains: Luke 8:29 T Tr WH; Acts 22:4; (the Sept. Judges 16:11; Euripides, Bacch. 616; Xenophon, Hier. 6, 14; Plato, legg. 7, p. 808 d.).

b. to bind up, bind together: φορτία, Matthew 23:4; (δράγματα, Genesis 37:7; Judith 8:3. (Hesiod, Works, 479, others)).

bind together

From a (presumed) derivative of desmeo; to be a binder (captor), i.e. To enchain (a prisoner), to tie on (a load) -- bind.

see GREEK desmeo

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