ligament, chain, string.
Or desmos des-mos' neuter and masculine respectively from deo; a band, i.e. Ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively, an impediment or disability -- band, bond, chain, string.
see GREEK deo
Strong's 1199: δεσμός
δεσμός,
δεσμοῦ,
ὁ (
δέω) (from Homer down),
a band or bond:
Mark 7:35 (
ἐλύθη ὁ δεσμός τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ, i. e. the impediment in his speech was removed);
Luke 13:16 (
λυθῆναι ἀπό τοῦ δεσμοῦ, of a woman bowed together, held fasces it were by a bond). The plural form
τά δεσμά the more common form in Greek writers (Winers Grammar, 63 (62) (cf. Buttmann, 23 (21); see below)), is found in
Luke 8:29;
Acts 16:26;
Acts 20:23; the other form
οἱ δεσμοί in
Philippians 1:13 (
ὥστε τούς δεσμούς μου φανερούς ἐν Χριστῷ γενέσθαι, so that my captivity became manifest as made for the cause of Christ) ("
δεσμάsuntvinculaquibusquisconstringitur,
sed δεσμόςestincarceremconjectioetcaptivitasinvinculis ...
UtraqueformaetceteriGraeciomnesetAtticiutuntur,
sednonpromiscueutintersepermutaripossint." Cobet as quoted in Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 353); the genitive and dative in
Acts 22:30 Rec.;
; Philippians 1:7, 14, 16 (); Colossians 4:18; 2 Timothy 2:9; Philemon 1:10; Hebrews 10:34 R Tr marginal reading; Hebrews 11:36; Jude 1:6; ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, in the captivity into which the preaching of the gospel has thrown me, Philemon 1:13 (Winer's Grammar, 189 (178); cf. reference under the word δέσμιος, at the end). Strong's Greek: 1199. δεσμόν (desmos) — 18 Occurrences
Mark 7:35 - N-NMS
GRK: ἐλύθη ὁ δεσμὸς τῆς γλώσσης
NAS: were opened, and the impediment of his tongue
KJV: and the string of his
INT: was loosed the band of the tongue
Luke 8:29 - N-ANP
GRK: διαρρήσσων τὰ δεσμὰ ἠλαύνετο ὑπὸ
NAS: and [yet] he would break his bonds and be driven
KJV: he brake the bands, and was driven
INT: breaking the chains he was driven by
Luke 13:16 - N-GMS
GRK: ἀπὸ τοῦ δεσμοῦ τούτου τῇ
NAS: from this bond on the Sabbath
KJV: from this bond on the sabbath day?
INT: from the bond this on the
Acts 16:26 - N-NNP
GRK: πάντων τὰ δεσμὰ ἀνέθη
NAS: and everyone's chains were unfastened.
KJV: and every one's bands were loosed.
INT: of all the chains were loosed
Acts 20:23 - N-NNP
GRK: λέγον ὅτι δεσμὰ καὶ θλίψεις
NAS: saying that bonds and afflictions
KJV: saying that bonds and afflictions
INT: saying that chains and tribulations
Acts 23:29 - N-GMP
GRK: θανάτου ἢ δεσμῶν ἔχοντα ἔγκλημα
NAS: death or imprisonment.
KJV: of death or of bonds.
INT: of death or of chains having accusation
Acts 26:29 - N-GMP
GRK: παρεκτὸς τῶν δεσμῶν τούτων
NAS: except for these chains.
KJV: except these bonds.
INT: except the chains these
Acts 26:31 - N-GMP
GRK: θανάτου ἢ δεσμῶν ἄξιον τι
NAS: of death or imprisonment.
KJV: of death or of bonds.
INT: of death or of chains worthy anything
Philippians 1:7 - N-DMP
GRK: τε τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου καὶ
NAS: since both in my imprisonment and in the defense
KJV: in my bonds, and in the defence
INT: both the chains of me and
Philippians 1:13 - N-AMP
GRK: ὥστε τοὺς δεσμούς μου φανεροὺς
NAS: so that my imprisonment in [the cause of] Christ
KJV: So that my bonds in Christ
INT: so as the chains of me clearly known
Philippians 1:14 - N-DMP
GRK: πεποιθότας τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου περισσοτέρως
NAS: in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have
KJV: by my bonds, are much more
INT: trusting by chains my more abundantly
Philippians 1:17 - N-DMP
GRK: ἐγείρειν τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου
NAS: me distress in my imprisonment.
INT: to add the chains of me
Colossians 4:18 - N-GMP
GRK: μου τῶν δεσμῶν ἡ χάρις
NAS: Remember my imprisonment. Grace
KJV: Remember my bonds. Grace [be] with
INT: my chains Grace [be]
2 Timothy 2:9 - N-GMP
GRK: κακοπαθῶ μέχρι δεσμῶν ὡς κακοῦργος
NAS: even to imprisonment as a criminal;
KJV: [even] unto bonds; but
INT: I suffer hardship unto chains as an evildoer
Philemon 1:10 - N-DMP
GRK: ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς Ὀνήσιμον
NAS: I have begotten in my imprisonment,
KJV: in my bonds:
INT: in chains Onesimus
Philemon 1:13 - N-DMP
GRK: ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς τοῦ εὐαγγελίου
NAS: he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the gospel;
KJV: unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
INT: in the chains of the gospel
Hebrews 11:36 - N-GMP
GRK: ἔτι δὲ δεσμῶν καὶ φυλακῆς
NAS: yes, also chains and imprisonment.
KJV: moreover of bonds and
INT: yes moreover of chains and of imprisonment
Jude 1:6 - N-DMP
GRK: μεγάλης ἡμέρας δεσμοῖς ἀϊδίοις ὑπὸ
NAS: in eternal bonds under
KJV: in everlasting chains under
INT: of [the] great day in chains eternal under