Desmeuo means “bind” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1195 — baana in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1195 δεσμεύω (desmeuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. desmeuo (des-myoo'-o) v. 1. to be a binder (captor), i.e. to enchain (a prisoner), to tie on (a load) [from a (presumed) derivative of G1196] It has 11 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include bind and binding. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
desmeuo (des-myoo'-o) v. 1. to be a binder (captor), i.e. to enchain (a prisoner), to tie on (a load) [from a (presumed) derivative of G1196] KJV: bind Root(s): G1196
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1195. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to bind
Usage: δεσμεύω (δεσμός), [in LXX for אָסַר (Jdg.16:11, al.), אָלַם pi. (Gen.37:7, al.), etc. ;] __1. to put in chains: Luk.8:29, Act.22:4. __2. to bind, tie together: φορτία, Mat.23:4.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render desmeuo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1195 (δεσμεύω) appears 9 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
7 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
I thought ye were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and did obeisance to my sheaf.
Binding his foal to the vine, And the foal of his ass to the branch of it, He shall wash his robe in wine, And his garment in the blood of the grape.
And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes with which work has not been done, then shall I be weak, and shall be as another man.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For as he stood overseeing them that bound sheaves in the field, the heat came upon his head, and he fell on his bed, and died in his city of Bethulia: and they buried him with his fathers in the field between Dothan and Balamon.
The underlings appointed for the purpose went out about eventide and bound the hands of the miserable victims, and took other precautions for their security at night, thinking that the whole race would perish together.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1195.
I thought ye were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and did obeisance to my sheaf.
Binding his foal to the vine, And the foal of his ass to the branch of it, He shall wash his robe in wine, And his garment in the blood of the grape.
And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes with which work has not been done, then shall I be weak, and shall be as another man.
And behold, the skirt of thy mantle is in my hand, I cut off the skirt, and did not slay thee: know then and see today, there is no evil in my hand, nor impiety, nor rebellion; and I have not sinned against thee, yet thou layest snares for my soul to take it.
Binding water in his clouds, And the cloud is not rent under it.
He heals the broken in heart, And binds up their wounds.
And binding their clothes with cords they have made them curtains near the altar, and they have drunk wine gained by extortion in the house of their God.
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
For as he stood overseeing them that bound sheaves in the field, the heat came upon his head, and he fell on his bed, and died in his city of Bethulia: and they buried him with his fathers in the field between Dothan and Balamon.
The underlings appointed for the purpose went out about eventide and bound the hands of the miserable victims, and took other precautions for their security at night, thinking that the whole race would perish together.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1195, grouped by book.
Desmeuo (Strong's G1195) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bind". desmeuo (des-myoo'-o) v. 1. to be a binder (captor), i.e. to enchain (a prisoner), to tie on (a load) [from a (presumed) derivative of G1196]
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's G1195 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1195 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bind and binding. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 7 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1195, with linked reader references where each row is available.