ΔΕΣΜΟΙΣ, δεσμοις
DESMOIS, desmois
Sounds Like: DES-moys
Translations: bonds, chains, fetters, imprisonment, (in) bonds, (in) chains
From the root: ΔΕΣΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to physical bonds, chains, or fetters used to restrain someone. It can also refer to the state of imprisonment or captivity. It is often used in a literal sense for physical restraint, but can also be used metaphorically for spiritual or emotional bonds.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1199 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 14:5
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 10:14
- Sirach — 6:25, 28:19
- Isaiah — 49:9
- Philippians — 1:7, 1:14, 1:17
- Philemon — 1:10, 1:13
- Hebrews — 10:34
- Jude — 1:6
Ignatius of Antioch
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 5:68, 5:74
- Book 13 — 11:302
- Book 14 — 13:354
- Book 15 — 2:13
- Book 16 — 10:325, 11:401
- Book 18 — 6:179
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 1:1
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 20:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Chronicles — 33:11
- 3 Maccabees — 3:25
- Wisdom — 10:14
- Sirach — 6:25, 28:19
- Isaiah — 49:9
- Hosea — 11:4
- Enoch — 14:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΣΜΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΕΣΕΙ — bond, chain, fetter, prison, imprisonment, of a bond, of a chain
- ΔΕΣΙ — bonds, chains, imprisonment, of bonds, to bonds
- ΔΕΣΜΙΟΝ — prisoner, a prisoner, captive, a captive
- ΔΕΣΜΟ — bond, a bond, chain, a chain, prison, a prison, imprisonment, a band, fetter, a fetter
- ΔΕΣΜΟΙ — chains, bonds, fetters, imprisonment
- ΔΕΣΜΟΝ — bond, chain, fetter, prison, a bond, a chain, a fetter, a prison
- ΔΕΣΜΟΣ — bond, a bond, chain, a chain, imprisonment, a prison
- ΔΕΣΜΟΤΗΡΙΟΝ — prison, a prison, dungeon, a dungeon, jail, a jail
- ΔΕΣΜΟΥ — of a bond, of a chain, of a prison, of imprisonment
- ΔΕΣΜΟΥΣ — bonds, chains, fetters, imprisonment
- ΔΕΣΜΩ — (with) a bond, (with) a chain, (with) a fetter, (with) a prison
- ΔΕΣΜΩΝ — (of) chains, (of) bonds, (of) imprisonment, (of) prison
- ΔΕΣΜΩΝΤΟΝ — of bonds, of chains, of prisons, of imprisonment
- ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΡΙΟΝ — prison, a prison, jail, a jail, dungeon, a dungeon
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