What does δέσμη (désmē) mean in the Bible?
δέσμη (désmē): A bundle of grain bound together; used metaphorically for grouped judgment or separation.
Greek · G1197
δέσμη
A bundle
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δέσμηG1197
Pronunciationdésmē
What does δέσμη (désmē) mean in the Bible?
δέσμη (désmē): A bundle of grain bound together; used metaphorically for grouped judgment or separation.
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How does the BSB render G1197?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include bundles (1).
Where does δέσμη (désmē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itbundles1×Matthew 13:30
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First aligned rowMatthew 13:30
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Matthew1
Source forms
δέσμας1xdesmasMatthew 13:30
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural1xMatthew 13:30
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A bundle of grain bound together; used metaphorically for grouped judgment or separation.
Strong'sG1197
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a bundle
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A bundle of grain bound together; used metaphorically for grouped judgment or separation.
(δέω), [in LXX for אֲגֻדָּה, Exo.12:22 * ;] a bundle: δήσατε αὐτὰ εἰς δέσμας (D, Orig., omit εἰς, and Blass thinks original reading, δέσμας δέσμας; see Deiss., LAE, 125.4), Mat.13:30.
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.
Matthew 13:30Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
δέσμαςdesmav
a bundle
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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · FeminineMatt 13:301×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
Mark 3:20–30δήσῃdésmē
bind
Word Origins
δέσμη is built from this root: