Redirected from δεϲμιουϲ, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.
ΔΕΣΜΙΟΥΣ, δεσμιους
DESMIOUS, desmious
Sounds Like: DES-mee-oos
Translations: prisoners, a prisoner
From the root: ΔΕΣΜΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a prisoner or one who is bound. It is used to describe individuals who are held captive, often in chains or bonds, or those who are under arrest. It can also metaphorically refer to someone who is bound by circumstances or obligations.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1198 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 59:4
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 16:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΣΜΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΔΕΣΜΙΑΙ — prisoners, female prisoners, captives, those bound
- ΔΕΣΜΙΟΙ — prisoners, captives, bound men
- ΔΕΣΜΙΟΙΣ — to prisoners, for prisoners, with prisoners, prisoners, those in bonds, to those in bonds
- ΔΕΣΜΙΟΣ — prisoner, a prisoner, bound, captive
- ΔΕΣΜΙΩΝ — of prisoners, of those in bonds, of captives, of a prisoner, of one in bonds, of a captive
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