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GreekG1210Verb

δέω

deō

41Occurrences
G1210Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

a primary verb;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to tie, bind, fasten; (1) with accusative of thing(s), δεσμάς; of an ass. (2) with accusative of person(s), of swathing a dead body, ὀθονίοις; *δεδομένος πόδας *. . κειρίαις; of binding with chains, ἀγγέλους; a demoniac, πέδαις κ. ἁλύσεσι; captives,; ἁλύσεσι. Metaphorical, ὁ λόγος Θεοῦ; of Satan binding by disease; of constraint or obligation; of the marriage bond; dative of person(s), ἀνδρί; γυναικί; in Rabbinic lang. (Dalman, Words, 213f.), to forbid, declare forbidden .
LXX: chiefly for אסר

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

δέω appears 41 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
12
Matthew
8
Mark
8
John
4
1 Corinthians
2
Luke
2
Revelation
2
2 Timothy
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 7:27BSB

Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

Acts 21:33BSB

The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

John 11:44BSB

The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth.“Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

Matthew 14:3BSB

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Mark 15:1BSB

Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.

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