ΔΕΣΜΩ, δεσμω
DESMŌ, desmō
Sounds Like: des-MOH
Translations: (with) a bond, (with) a chain, (with) a fetter, (with) a prison
From the root: ΔΕΣΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the dative singular form of the noun 'δεσμός' (desmos), meaning 'bond', 'chain', or 'fetter'. It is used to indicate the instrument or means by which something is bound or held, or the place where someone is held captive. It can refer to physical restraints or imprisonment.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1199 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:27
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΔΕΣΜΟΙΣ — bonds, chains, fetters, imprisonment, (in) bonds, (in) chains
- 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
- 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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