Syndesmos means “band” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4886 — mashach (“anoint”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4886 σύνδεσμος (sundesmos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sundesmos (soon'-des-mos) n. 1. a joint tie, i.e. ligament, (figuratively) uniting principle, control [from G4862 and G1199] It has 13 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include bond and joints. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
sundesmos (soon'-des-mos) n. 1. a joint tie, i.e. ligament, (figuratively) uniting principle, control [from G4862 and G1199] KJV: band, bond Root(s): G4862, G1199
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4886. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
bond(age)
Usage: σύν-δεσμος, -ου, ὁ (συνδέω), [in LXX for קֶשֶׁר, קְטַר, etc. ;] that which binds together, a bond: of the ligaments of the body, Col.2:19. Metaphorical, σ. ἀδικίας, Act.8:23; τ. τελειότητος, Col.3:14; τ. εἰρήνης, Eph.4:3 (see Lft., Col., ll. with).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sundesmos, 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 and New Testament. 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 G4886 (σύνδεσμος) appears 10 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
9 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And there was a conspiracy in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord removed from before the children of Israel.
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood near a pillar according to the manner; and the singers and the trumpeters were before the king and all the people of the land even rejoicing and sounding with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her garments, and cried, A conspiracy, a conspiracy.
And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash in the house of Millo that is in Silla.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4886.
And there was a conspiracy in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord removed from before the children of Israel.
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood near a pillar according to the manner; and the singers and the trumpeters were before the king and all the people of the land even rejoicing and sounding with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her garments, and cried, A conspiracy, a conspiracy.
And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash in the house of Millo that is in Silla.
His innards are as brazen plates, And the texture of his skin as an emery stone.
I have not chosen such a fast, saith the Lord; but do thou loose every burden of iniquity, do thou untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account.
Then shalt thou cry, and God shall hearken to thee; while thou art yet speaking he will say, Behold, I am here. If thou remove from thee the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;
And the Lord said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the dwellers in Jerusalem.
Then the king’s countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one another.
For there is an excellent spirit in him, and sense and understanding are in him, interpreting dreams as he does, and answering hard questions, and solving difficulties: it is Daniel, and the king gave him the name of Belteshazzar: now then let him be called, and he shall tell thee the interpretation of the writing.
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4886, grouped by book.
Syndesmos (Strong's G4886) is a Greek word most simply glossed "band". sundesmos (soon'-des-mos) n. 1. a joint tie, i.e. ligament, (figuratively) uniting principle, control [from G4862 and G1199]
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G4886 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4886 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bond and joints. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 9 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4886, with linked reader references where each row is available.