δέσμη, δεσμης, or as others write it (e. g. Rec.st T; yet cf. Lob. Paralip., p. 396; Chandler § 132) δέσμη, δεσμης, ἡ (δέω), a bundle: Mat_13:30. (Exo_12:22. Demosthenes, Dionysius Halicarnassus, others.)

δέσμη desmē 1x a bundle, as of tares, Mat_13:30

δέσμη ( Rec. δεσμή ), -ης , ἡ ( < δέω ), [in LXX for H92 , Exo_12:22 * ;] a bundle: δήσατε αὐτὰ εἰς δέσμας (D, Orig., omit εἰς , and Blass thinks original reading, δέσμας δέσμας ; v. Deiss., LAE , 125.4), Mat_13:30 .†

δέσμη [page 142] δέσμη is differently accented in our authorities. Mayser Gr. pp. 285, 435, cites Herodian (ii/A.D.) in favour of δεσμή , but there are testimonies for δέσμη (see Lobeck Par. p. 396), and the oxytone might be a confusion with δεσμός . Δέσμη = bundle is common in Hellenistic. Thus P Petr II. 25 ( c ) .4 (B.C. 226), ib. 39 ( d ) .12 (iii/B.C.) τούτων χόρτου δεσμῶν φ̄η̄ , P Tebt I. 122 .8 (B.C. 96 or 63) χόρτον δέσμας ς̄ -- , P Oxy IV. 742 .4 (B.C. 2) ἀπόστειλόν μ [οι ] πόσας δέσμας παρείληφες , send me word how many bundles you have received (Edd.), ib. .13 τὴν χιλίαν δέσμην , the 1000 bundles (Edd.), and ib. IX. 1212 .4 (ii/A.D.) ἀσπαράγου δέσμ (αι ) ῑθ̄ , al. It is curious that the misspelling δύσμη should be found more than once : so the farmer Gemellus in P Fay 119 .4, .5 ( c. A.D. 100), and an equally literate gentleman in P Ryl II. 135 .11 (A.D. 34) quoted under διά . Cf. further under δεσμεύω . A diminutive δεσμίδιον is also found, e.g. P Oxy X. 1288 .9, .15 (iv/A.D.). For the idiomatic and possibly genuine δήσατε αὐτὰ δέσμας δέσμας , Mat_13:30 , see Proleg. p. 97. Epiphanius, who gives us this, has also ζυγὴ ζυγή .

δέσμη (Rec. δεσμή), -ης, ἡ (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.† (AS)