δέω: (future δήσω); 1 aorist έ᾿δησα; perfect participle δεδεκώς (Act_22:29); passive, perfect δέδεμαι; 1 aorist infinitive δεθῆναι (Act_21:33); the Sept. chiefly for ΰΘρΗψ; (from Homer down); to bind, tie, fasten; 1. properly: τί, εἰςδέσμας, Mat_13:30 (Tr WH brackets G probably omit εἰς, cf. Buttmann, 150 (131); Winer's Grammar, 225 (211)); ὀθόνη τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς δεδεμεναις a sheet bound by the four corners (to the sky), Act_10:11 (G L T Tr WH omit δεδεμεναις καί); an animal, to prevent it from straying around, ὄνος δεδεμενη, πῶλος δεδεμένος, Mat_21:2; Mar_11:2; Luk_19:30; with πρός τήν θύραν added, Mar_11:4; with the accusative of person to bind, to fasten with chains, to throw into chains: ἀγγέλους, Rev_9:14; a madman, πέδαις καί ἁλύσεσι, Mar_5:3 f; captives, Matt. (); ; Mark (); ; Joh_18:12; Act_9:14; Act_21:11; Act_22:29; Rev_20:2; Passive, Mar_15:7; Joh_18:24; Act_9:2; Act_9:21 (in the last two passages δεδεμένον ἄγειν τινα); Act_21:13; Act_22:5; Act_24:27; Col_4:3; ἁλύσεσι, Act_12:6; Act_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, 2Ti_2:9; the bodies of the dead, which were accustomed to be bound with bandages and linen cloths: ὁ τεθνηκώς δεδεμονος τούς πόδας καί τάς χεῖρας κειριας, bound hand and foot with grave-cloths, Joh_11:44; τό σῶμα ὀθονίοις (Tdf. 2, 7 ἐν ὀθονίοις), to swathe in linen cloths, Joh_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, Luk_13:16 cf. Luk_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, Act_20:22 (so not infrequent in Greek authors as Plato, rep. 8, p. 567 d. ἀνάγκη δέδεται ἡ προσταττει αὐτῷ); with the dative of person δεδέσθαι τίνι, to be bound to one: ἀνδρί, of a wife, Rom_7:2; γυναικί, of a husband, 1Co_7:27; δέδεται absolutely, opposed to ἐλευθέρα ἐστι, 1Co_7:39; (Achilles Tatius 1, 11, p. 41 ἄλλη δέδεμαι παρθένῳ, Jamblichus, vit. Pythagoras 11, 56 τήν μέν ἀγαμον, ... τήν δέ πρός ἄνδρα δεδεμένην). c. by a Chaldean and rabbinical idiom (equivalent to ΰΒρΗψ), to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit: Mat_16:19; Mat_18:18. (Compare: καταδέω, περιδέω, συνδέω, ὑποδέω.)

δέω deō 43x to bind, tie, Mat_13:30 ; Mat_21:2 ; to bind, confine, Mat_27:2 ; Mat_14:3 ; to impede, hinder, 2Ti_2:9 ; to bind with infirmity, Luk_13:16 ; to bind by a legal or moral tie, as marriage, Rom_7:2 ; 1Co_7:27 ; 1Co_7:39 ; by impl. to impel, compel, Act_20:22 ; in NT to pronounce or declare to be binding or obligatory, or, to declare to be prohibited and unlawful, Mat_16:19 ; Mat_18:18 bind; tie, tie up.

(I) δέω , [in LXX chiefly for H631 ;] to tie, bind, fasten; (1) c . acc rei , seq . εἰς δεσμάς , Mat_13:30 ; of an ass, Mat_21:2 , Mar_11:2-4 , Luk_19:30 . (2) c . acc pers ., of swathing a dead body, ὀθονίοις , Joh_19:40 ; δεδομένος τ . πόδας ... κειρίαις (Bl., § 34, 6; Kόhner3 , iii, 125), Joh_11:44 of binding with chains, ἀγγέλους , Rev_9:14 ; a demoniac, πέδαις κ . ἁλύσεσι , Mar_5:3-4 ; captives, Mat_12:29 ; Mat_14:3 ; Mat_22:13 ; Mat_27:2 , Mar_3:27 ; Mar_6:17 ; Mar_15:1 ; Mar_15:7 , Joh_18:12 ; Joh_18:24 , Act_9:2 ; Act_9:14 ; Act_9:21 ; Act_21:11 ; Act_21:13 ; Act_22:5 ; Act_22:29 ; Act_24:27 , Col_4:3 , Rev_20:2 ; ἁλύσεσι , Act_12:6 ; Act_21:33 , Metaph ., ὁ λόγος τ . Θεοῦ , 2Ti_2:9 ; of Satan binding by disease ( MM , s.v. ), Luk_13:16 ; of constraint or obligation, Act_20:22 ; of the marriage bond, 1Co_7:39 ; id . c. dat. pers ., ἀνδρί , Rom_7:2 ; γυναικί , 1Co_7:27 ; in Rabbinic lang. ( Dalman, Words , 213 f .), to forbid, declare forbidden, Mat_16:19 ; Mat_18:18 ( cf. κατα -, περι -, συν -, ὑπο -δέω ; Cremer , 82).† (II) δέω , Attic , to want, miss; mid ., δέομαι , q.v.

δέω [page 144] With Luk_13:16 where demoniac power binds the sufferer from curvature of the spine, cf. the use of the verb to describe the binding power of curses : Syll 809 .14 (iv/iii B.C.) ἔδησα τὰς [χε ]ῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας καὶ [τὴ ]ν γλῶσσαν καὶ τὴν ψυχ [ή ]ν κτλ . Dittenberger remarks that καταδέω ( ib. .2 ) is commoner in this cursing formula : he cites another defixio in almost the same phrases. Other examples of the verb are P Fay 108 .12 ( c. A.D. 171) ἔδ̣ησαν ἡμᾶς σὺν καὶ τῷ μαγδωλοφύλακι , bound us along with the guard of the watch-tower, said of thieves, P Oxy X. 1294 .7 (ii/iiiA.D.) ἱμάντα δεδεμένον εἰς τὸ πανάριον καλόν , a good strap tied to the basket (Edd.).

δέω (I), [in LXX chiefly for אסר ;] to tie, bind, fasten; __(1) with accusative of thing(s), before εἰς δεσμάς, Mat.13:30; of an ass, Mat.21:2, Mrk.11:2, 4 Luk.19:30. __(2) with accusative of person(s), of swathing a dead body, ὀθονίοις, Jhn.19:40; δεδομένος τ. πόδας . . . κειρίαις (Bl., §34, 6; Kühner 3, iii, 125), Jhn.11:44; of binding with chains, ἀγγέλους, Rev.9:14; a demoniac, πέδαις κ. ἁλύσεσι, Mrk.5:3, 4; captives, Mat.12:29 14:3 22:13 27:2, Mrk.3:27 6:17 15:1, 7, Jhn.18:12, 24, Act.9:2, 14, 21, 21:11, 13 22:5, 29 24:27, Col.4:3, Rev.20:2; ἁλύσεσι, Act.12:6 21:33. Metaphorical, ὁ λόγος τ. Θεοῦ, 2Ti.2:9; of Satan binding by disease (MM, see word), Luk.13:16; of constraint or obligation, Act.20:22; of the marriage bond, 1Co.7:39; id. with dative of person(s), ἀνδρί, Rom.7:2; γυναικί, 1Co.7:27; in Rabbinic lang. (Dalman, Words, 213f.), to forbid, declare forbidden, Mat.16:19 18:18 (cf. κατα-, περι-, συν-, ὐπο-δέω; Cremer, 82). † (AS)