ΔΕΣΜΙΑΙ, δεσμιαι
DESMIAI, desmiai
Sounds Like: des-MEE-ai
Translations: prisoners, female prisoners, captives, those bound
From the root: ΔΕΣΜΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who are bound or imprisoned. As an adjective, it describes someone or something as being in bonds. When used as a noun, it specifically refers to prisoners or captives. In this form, it is feminine plural, so it would refer to female prisoners or women who are bound.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1198 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 4:7
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.
- 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
- ΔΕΣΜΙΟΥΣ — prisoners, a prisoner
- ΔΕΣΜΙΩΝ — of prisoners, of those in bonds, of captives, of a prisoner, of one in bonds, of a captive
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