Desmeo means “bind” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1196 — baanah in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1196 δεσμέω (desmeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. desmeo (des-meh'-o) v. 1. to tie, i.e. shackle [from G1199] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include commanded, unclean, spirit, come, and out. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
desmeo (des-meh'-o) v. 1. to tie, i.e. shackle [from G1199] KJV: bind Root(s): G1199
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to shackle
Usage: δεσμέω, -ῶ Rec. for δεσμεύω, which see: Luk.8:29.† 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)
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's G1196.
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
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Desmeo (Strong's G1196) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bind". desmeo (des-meh'-o) v. 1. to tie, i.e. shackle [from G1199]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's G1196 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1196 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as commanded, unclean, spirit, come, out, and man. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.