What does δεσμέω (desméō) mean in the Bible?
δεσμέω (desméō) is a Greek word meaning "to shackle".
Greek · G1196
δεσμέω
To shackle
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δεσμέωG1196
Pronunciationdesméō
What does δεσμέω (desméō) mean in the Bible?
δεσμέω (desméō) is a Greek word meaning "to shackle".
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Evidence Summary
Greek word. to shackle
Source Gloss
to shackle
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 8:29Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Passive Indicative
ἐδεσμεῖτοedesmeito
I bind
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
imperfect1
Voice
passive1
Mood
indicative1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
δεσμέω is built from this root: