Lexicon :: Strong's G1199 - desmos

δεσμός, -οῦ, ὁ, (δέω) [from Homer down], a band or bond: Mark 7:35 (ἐλύθη ὁ δεσμὸς τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ, i. e. the impediment in his speech was removed); Luke 13:16 (λυθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ δεσμοῦ, of a woman bowed together, held fast as it were by a bond).
The plural form τά δεσμά the more common form in Greek writings (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 τοὺς δεσμούς μου φανεροὺς ἐν Χριστῷ γενέσθαι, so that my captivity became manifest as made for the cause of Christ), ["δεσμά sunt vincula quibus quis constringitur, sed δεσμός est in carcerem conjectio et captivitas in vinculis... Utraque forma et ceteri Graeci omnes et Attici utuntur, sed non promiscue ut inter se permutari possint." Cobet as quoted in Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 353]; the genitive and dative in Acts 22:30 Rec.; Acts 23:29; 26:29, 31; Philippians 1:7, 14, 16 (Phil 1:17); 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].

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