2001 Translation

DESMŌN, desmōn

Sounds Like: des-MOHN

Translations: (of) chains, (of) bonds, (of) imprisonment, (of) prison

From the root: ΔΕΣΜΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to physical restraints, such as chains or bonds, used to secure or confine someone. It is often used in the context of imprisonment or captivity, signifying the state of being bound or held captive.

Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine

Strong’s number: G1199 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 14:7

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:3

Codex Sinaiticus

• Ecclesiastes — 4:14
• Sirach — 13:12
• Isaiah — 42:7
• Acts of the Apostles — 26:29, 26:31
• Colossians — 4:18
• 2 Timothy — 2:9
• Hebrews — 11:36
• Epistle of Barnabas — 14:7

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 5:61, 5:65, 5:73
• Book 10 — 7:122, 8:154, 11:229
• Book 12 — 6:208
• Book 13 — 10:294
• Book 14 — 7:123, 13:367
• Book 15 — 2:14
• Book 17 — 7:185
• Book 18 — 6:193, 6:200

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 8:39, 9:15
• Book Three — 8:69
• Book Seven — 7:22

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 26:2, 65:4, 122:3

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 64:332

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 3 Maccabees — 5:6
• Sirach — 13:12
• Isaiah — 42:7
• Malachi — 4:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Acts — 23:29, 26:29, 26:31
• Colossians — 4:18
• 2 Timothy — 2:9
• Hebrews — 11:36

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
• ΔΕΣΜΩ — (with) a bond, (with) a chain, (with) a fetter, (with) a prison
• ΔΕΣΜΩΝΤΟΝ — of bonds, of chains, of prisons, of imprisonment
• ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΡΙΟΝ — prison, a prison, jail, a jail, dungeon, a dungeon

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