Quick Definition
δέσμιος, ου, ὁ n.m. one bound, a prisoner
Strong's Definition
from 1199; a captive (as bound)
KJV Usage: in bonds, prisoner
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | δέω
37.117 · Control, Rule · Imprison
prisoner (derivative of δεσμός[b] ‘to be in prison,’ 37.115) a person who is under custody in prison
MAT 27:15 · MAT 27:16 · MRK 15:6 · ACT 16:25 · ACT 16:27 · ACT 23:18 · ACT 25:14 · ACT 25:27 · ACT 28:17 · EPH 3:1 · EPH 4:1 · 2TI 1:8 · PHM 1:1 · PHM 1:9 · HEB 10:34 · HEB 13:3
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δέσμιος, -ov, 6, bound, in bonds, a captive, a prisoner, [fr. Soph. down]: Mt. xxvii. 15 sq.; Mk. xv. 6; Acts xvi. 25, 27; xxiii. 18; xxv. 14, 27; xxviii. 16 [RG], 17; Heb. x. 34 GLT Tr txt. WH; xiii. 3; ὁ δέσμιος τοῦ Χριστοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ, whom Christ, i. 6. his truth which I have preached, has put in bonds (W. 189 (178) ; [B. 169 (147) ]), Eph. iii. 1; 2 Tim.i.8 ; Philem. 1, 9; in the same sense ὁ δέσμιος ἐν κυρίῳ, Eph. iv. 1; [ef. Bp. Lghtft. on Philem. 13].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δέσμιος desmios 16x
one bound, a prisoner, Mt. 27:15, 16; Mk. 15:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δέσμιος, -ον (also -α, -ον;
< δεσμός), [in LXX for אסר;]
binding.
bound, captive; ὁ δ., as subst., a prisoner: Mt 27:15, 16, Mk 15:6, Ac 16:25, 27 23:18 25:14, 27 28:16 (Rec.) 17, He 10:34 13:3; ὁ δ. τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Eph 3:1, II Ti 1:8, Phm 1, 9; ὁ δ. ἐν κυρίῳ, Eph 4:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δέσμιος in its NT sense of ‘* prisoner” may be illustrated from P | Tebt I. 2218. (n.c. 112) δέσμ[ιο]ν αὐτὸν ἐξαπόστειλον πρὸς ἡμᾶς, P Oxy III. 580 (ii/a.p.) eis ἐπιτή]ρ[ησιν] τῶν κατὰ (corr. from παρὰ) φυλακὴν δεσμίων δίδωμι τὸν ὑπογεγραμμένο(ν) ὄντα εὔπορον καὶ [ἐπιτήδ]ειον ...
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δέσμιος (desmios) — prisoner. δέσμ-ιος, ον, binding: metaphorically, binding as with a spell, enchaining, with genitive, ὕμνος ἐξ Ἐρινύων δ. φρενῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. passive, bound, captive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; on leash, [κύων] probably in [Refs]; δ. φυγών, ={ἐκ δεσμῶν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]