δέω: [future
δήσω]; 1 aorist
ἔδησα; perfect participle
δεδεκώς (
Acts 22:29); passive, perfect
δέδεμαι; 1 aorist infinitive
δεθῆναι (
Acts 21:33);
Sept. chiefly for
אָסַר; [from Homer down];
to bind, tie, fasten;
1. properly:
τί,
εἰς δεσμάς,
Matthew 13:30 [Tr WH brackets G probably omit
εἰς, cf. Buttmann, 150 (131); Winer's Grammar, 225 (211)];
ὀθόνη τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς δεδεμ. a sheet bound by the four corners (to the sky),
Acts 10:11 (G L T Tr WH omit
δεδεμ.
καί); an animal, to prevent it from straying around,
ὄνος δεδεμένη,
πῶλος δεδεμένος,
Matthew 21:2;
Mark 11:2;
Luke 19:30; with
πρὸς τ.
θύραν added,
Mark 11:4; with the accusative of person
to bind, to fasten with chains, to throw into chains:
ἀγγέλους,
Revelation 9:14; a madman,
πέδαις καὶ ἁλύσεσι,
Mark 5:3f; captives, [
Matt 12:29];
Matt 14:3;
22:13;
27:2; [
Mark 3:27];
Mark 6:17;
15:1;
John 18:12;
Acts 9:14;
Acts 21:11;
Acts 22:29;
Revelation 20:2; Passive,
Mark 15:7;
John 18:24;
Acts 9:2,
21 (in the last two passages
δεδεμένον ἄγειν τινά);
Acts 21:13;
Acts 22:5;
Acts 24:27;
Colossians 4:3;
ἁλύσεσι,
Acts 12:6;
Acts 21:33;
ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ οὐ δέδεται, figuratively for these bonds of mine in no way hinder its course,
i. e. the preaching, extension, and efficacy of the gospel,
2 Timothy 2:9; the bodies of the dead, which were accustomed to be bound with bandages and linen cloths:
ὁ τεθνηκὼς δεδεμένος τοὺς πόδας κ.
τὰς χεῖρας κειρίαις, bound hand and foot with grave-cloths,
John 11:44;
τὸ σῶμα ὀθονίοις (
Tdf. 2, 7
ἐν ὀθον.), to swathe in linen cloths,
John 19:40.
2. metaphorically,
a. Satan is said
δῆσαι a woman bent together,
i. e. by means of a demon, as his messenger, taking possession of the woman and preventing her from standing upright,
Luke 13:16 cf.
Luke 13:11.
b. to bind, i. e. put under obligation, namely, of law, duty, etc.:
δεδεμένος τῷ πνεύματι, bound or constrained in my spirit,
i. e. compelled by my convictions,
Acts 20:22 (so not infrequent in Greek authors as Plato, rep. 8, p. 567 d.
ἀνάγκῃ δέδεται ἣ προστάττει αὐτῷ); with the dative of person
δεδέσθαι τινί,
to be bound to one:
ἀνδρί, of a wife,
Romans 7:2;
γυναικί, of a husband,
1 Corinthians 7:27;
δέδεται absolutely, opposed to
ἐλευθέρα ἐστί,
1 Corinthians 7:39; (Achilles Tatius 1, 11, p. 41
ἄλλῃ δέδεμαι παρθένῳ, Jamblichus, vit. Pythagoras 11, 56
τὴν μὲν ἄγαμον,...
τὴν δὲ πρὸς ἄνδρα δεδεμένην).
c. by a Chaldean and rabbinical idiom (equivalent to
אֲסַר),
to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit:
Matthew 16:19;
Matthew 18:18. [Compare:
κατα-,
περι-,
συν-,
ὑποδέω.]
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