ΔΕΣΜΟΙ, δεσμοι
DESMOI, desmoi
Sounds Like: des-MOY
Translations: chains, bonds, fetters, imprisonment
From the root: ΔΕΣΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to physical restraints, such as chains or fetters, used to bind someone. It can also be used metaphorically to describe strong ties or bonds, such as those of love or obligation, or even the state of imprisonment or captivity.
Inflection: Nominative, Vocative, or Dative; Masculine; Plural
Strong’s number: G1199 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
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
- 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
- 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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