Quick Definition
δέω v. I bind
Strong's Definition
a primary verb; to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: bind, be in bonds, knit, tie, wind. See also 1163, 1189
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἔδησα · subj. δήσω · pf.ptc. δεδεκώς · pf.pass. δέδεμαι · aor.pass.inf. δεθῆναι | δεῖ · δεσμεύω · δέσμη · δέσμιος · δεσμός · δεσμοφύλαξ · δεσμωτήριον · δεσμώτης · δεσπότης · διάδημα · καταδέω · οἰκοδεσποτέω · οἰκοδεσπότης · περιδέω · συνδέομαι · σύνδεσμος · ὑποδέομαι · ὑπόδημα
18.13 · Attachment · Fasten, Stick To
to tie, to tie together, to tie up, to bind up, to wrap to tie objects together, or tie something around something else
MAT 13:30 · MAT 21:2 · MRK 11:2 · MRK 11:4 · LUK 19:30 · JHN 11:44 · JHN 19:40
37.114 · Control, Rule · Imprison
to restrain, to imprison, imprisonment, to put in jail to confine someone by binding with ropes or chains ‘To imprison a person’ is often expressed in somewhat idiomatic forms, for example, ‘to be tied inside’ or ‘to be locked in the dark’ or even ‘to eat one’s food with rats.’
MAT 12:29 · MAT 14:3 · MAT 22:13 · MAT 27:2 · MRK 3:27 · MRK 5:3 · MRK 5:4 · MRK 6:17 · MRK 15:1 · MRK 15:7 · JHN 18:12 · JHN 18:24 · ACT 9:2 · ACT 9:14 · ACT 9:21 · ACT 12:6 · ACT 21:11 · ACT 21:11 · ACT 21:13 · ACT 21:33 · ACT 22:5 · ACT 22:29 · ACT 24:27 · COL 4:3 · 2TI 2:9 · REV 9:14 · REV 20:2
37.33 · Control, Rule · Compel, Force
to compel, to force to compel someone to act in a particular manner In some instances ἀναγκάζω and δέω[c] may be rendered as ‘to cause it to be necessary for.’ In other instances a simple causative seems to be the closest equivalent. For example, the last clause of GAL 2:14 may be expressed as ‘how can you make Gentiles live like Jews,’ and in ACT 20:22 one may translate ‘and now the Spirit makes me go to Jerusalem.’
37.45 · Control, Rule · Exercise Authority
to restrict, to place under (the jurisdiction of) to cause someone to be under the authority of someone or something else
37.46 · Control, Rule · Exercise Authority
to prohibit, to not allow, to not permit to exercise authority over something on the basis that it is not legitimate There are a number of different interpretations of the implication of this statement in MAT 16:19, and translators should carefully review this passage in various commentaries.
23.157 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness
to cause physical hardship, to cause illness to cause physical incapacity for someone
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δέω : [fut. δήσω] ; 1 aor. ἔδησα ; pf. ptep. δεδεκώς (Acts xxii. 29) ; Pass., pf. δέδεμαι ; 1 aor. inf. δεθῆναι (Acts xxi. 33); Sept. chiefly for 0%; [fr. Hom. down] ; to bind, tie, fasten; 1. prop.: τί, εἰς δεσμάς, Mt. xiii. 30 [Tr WH br. G prob. om. εἰς, ef. B. 150 (131) ; W. 225 (211) ]; ὀθόνη τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς δεδεμ. a sheet bound by the four corners (to the sky), Acts x. 11 (GL T Tr WH om. δεδεμ. kai); an animal, to prevent it from straying about, ὄνος δεδεμένη, πῶλος δεδεμένος, Mt. xxi. 2; Mk. xi. 2; Lk. xix. 30; with πρὸς τ. θύραν added, Mk. xi. 4; with ace. of pers. to bind, to fasten with chains, to throw into chains : ᾿ ἀγγέλους, Rev. ix. 14; a madman, πέδαις καὶ ἁλύσεσι, Mk. y. 3 sq.; captives, Mt. [xii. 29]; xiv. 3; xxii. 13; xxvii. 2; Mk. [iii. 27]; vi.17; xv.1; Jn. xviii.12; Acts ix. 14; xxi. 11; xxii. 29; Rev. xx. 2; Pass., Mk. xv.7; Jn. xviii. 24; Acts ix. 2, 21 (in the last two pass. δεδεμένον ἄγειν τινά); Acts xxi. 13; xxii. 5; xxiv.27; Col. iv. 3; ἁλύσεσι, Acts xii. 6; xxi. 33; ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ ov δέδεται, fiz. for these bonds of mine in no way hinder its course, i. e. the preaching, extension, and eflicacy of the gospel, 2 Tim. ii. 9; the bodies of the dead, which were wont to be bound with bandages and linen cloths: 6 τεθνηκὼς δεδεμένος τοὺς πόδας κ. Tas χεῖρας κειρίαις. bound hand and foot with grave-cloths, Jn. χὶ. 44 ; τὸ σῶμα ὀθονίοις (Τα. 2, 7 ἐν ὀθον.). to swathe in linen cloths, Jn. xix. 406. 2. metaph. 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, Lk. xiii. 16 cf. 11. b. to bind, i. e. put under obligation, sc. of law, duty, οἷο. : δεδεμένος τῷ πνεύματε, bound or constrained in my spirit, i. e. compelled by my convictions, Acts xx. 22 (so not infreq. in Grk. auth. as Plat. rep. 8 p. 567 d. ἀνάγκῃ δέδεται ἢ προστάττει αὐτῷ) ; with dat. of pers. δεδέσθαι τινί to be bound to one: ἀνδρί, of a wife, Ro. vii. 2; γυναικί, of a husband, 1 Co. vii. 27; δέδεται absol., opp. to ἐλευθέρα ἐστί, ibid. 39; (Achill. Tat. 1, 11 p. 41 ἄλλῃ δέδεμαι παρθένῳ, Jambl. vit. Pyth. 11, 56 τὴν μὲν ἄγαμον, ... τὴν δὲ πρὸς ἄνδρα beδεμένην). ec. by ἃ Chald. and rabbin. idiom (equiv. to 0x) to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit: Mt. xvi. 19; xviii. 18. [Comp.: κατα-, rept-, συν-, ὑπο-δέω.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δέω deō 43x
to bind, tie, Mt. 13:30; 21:2; to bind, confine, Mt. 27:2; 14:3; to impede, hinder, 2 Tim. 2:9; to bind with infirmity, Lk. 13:16; to bind by a legal or moral tie, as marriage, Rom. 7:2; 1 Cor. 7:27, 39; by impl. to impel, compel, Acts 20:22; in NT to pronounce or declare to be binding or obligatory, or, to declare to be prohibited and unlawful, Mt. 16:19; 18:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δέω (I),
[in LXX chiefly for אסר ;]
to tie, bind, fasten; c. acc. rei, seq. εἰς δεσμάς, Mt 13:30; of an ass, Mt 21:2, Mk 11:2, 4 Lk 19:30.
c. acc. pers., of swathing a dead body, ὀθονίοις, Jo 19:40; δεδομένος τ. πόδας . . . κειρίαις (Bl., §34, 6; Kühner 3, iii, 125), Jo 11:44; of binding with chains, ἀγγέλους, Re 9:14; a demoniac, πέδαις κ. ἁλύσεσι, Mk 5:3, 4; captives, Mt 12:29 14:3 22:13 27:2, Mk 3:27 6:17 15:1, 7, Jo 18:12, 24, Ac 9:2, 14, 21, 21:11, 13 22:5, 29 24:27, Col 4:3, Re 20:2; ἁλύσεσι, Ac 12:6 21:33. Metaph., ὁ λόγος τ. Θεοῦ, II Ti 2:9; of Satan binding by disease (MM, s.v.), Lk 13:16; of constraint or obligation, Ac 20:22; of the marriage bond, I Co 7:39; id. c. dat. pers., ἀνδρί, Ro 7:2; γυναικί, I Co 7:27; in Rabbinic lang. (Dalman, Words, 213f.), to forbid, declare forbidden, Mt 16:19 18:18 (cf. κατα-, περι-, συν-, ὐπο-δέω; Cremer, 82).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δέω. With Lk 13!® where demoniac power ‘binds’ the sufferer from curvature of the spine, cf. the use of the verb to describe the “binding” power of curses: Sy/2 8091 (iv/iii B.c.) ἔδησα τὰς [xe]ipas Kal τοὺς πόδας καὶ [τὴ]ν γλῶσσαν καὶ τὴν ψυχ[ή]ν κτλ. Dittenberger remarks that καταδέω (2.3) is commoner in this cursing formula: he cites another aefx7o in almost the same phrases. Other examples of the verb are P Fay 108! (c. A.D. 171) ἔδησαν ἡμᾶς σὺν καὶ τῷ μαγδωλοφύλακι, ‘bound us along with the guard of the watch-tower,” said of thieves, P Oxy X. 12947 (ii/iiiA.D.) ἱμάντα δεδεμένον els τὸ πανάριον καλόν, ‘Sa good strap tied to the basket” (Edd.). By. P Oxy IV. 705%! (A.D. 200-2) τ[ὸ] ὅμοιον δὴ καὶ ἐ[π]ὶ τούτου φυλαχθήσεται, “the same rule shall be observed in this case also” (Edd.), 74. VI. 8994 (A.D. 200) od δή χάριν, “for which reason,’’ 74. 907!® (A.D. 276) λέγω δὴ τῇ Διδύμῃ, ‘to wit Didyme,” P Tebt 11. 4247 (late iii/A.D.) ὡς éa (/. ἐὰν) μὴ ἀποκαταστασίας [δ]ὴ πέμψῃς [ο]ῖδάς σου τὸ[ν] κίνδυνον, ‘‘so unless you now send discharges you know your danger” (Edd.), BGU IV. 12084® (B.c. 27-6) τοῦ σῴμαί( τος) ἐπι]μείλόμενος) ty’ ὑγιένῃς, ὃ δὴ μέγιστον ἡγοῦμαι, P Ryl Il. 77% (a.p. 192) ᾿Ολυμπιόδωρος εἶπίεν)" ἔχομεν δὴ φωνὴν τοῦ ᾿Ασπιδᾶ ὅτι ἰδίῳ κινδύνῳ αὐτὸν στέφει, “we now have the declaration of Aspidas” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δέω (deō) — to bind. δέω,
__B [Refs 4th c.BC+]: future δεήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐδέησα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect δεδέηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future δεήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect δεοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later -ηθήσομαι [LXX+1st c.AD+]: aorist ἐδεήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect δεδέημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—lack, miss, stand in need of, with genitive, ἐμεῖο δὲ δῆσε.. ἀλκτῆρα γενέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; παραδείγματος τὸ παράδειγμα αὐτὸ δεδέηκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 frequently in Attic dialect, πολλοῦ δέω I want much, i.e. am far from, mostly with infinitive present, πολλοῦ δ. ἀπολογεῖσθαι I am far from defending myself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ μικρὸν ἐδέησα ἀποθανεῖν variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+] I am far from it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in participle, παλαστῆς δεόντων τεττάρων ποδῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; the participle is frequently used to express numerals compounded with 8 or 9, ἀνδράσιν ἑνὸς δέουσι τριάκοντα [Refs]; δυοῖν δέοντα τεσσεράκοντα forty lacking two, thirty-eight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑνὸς δέον εἰκοστὸν ἔτος the [Refs]save one,[Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive stands absolutely, περὶ τὰ ἑνὸς δεῖν πεντήκοντα fifty save one, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: participle in genitive, τροφαλίδες μιᾶς δεούσης εἴκοσιν [Refs 1st c.AD+] __B.3 participle δέων, δέουσα, as adjective, fit, proper, ὁ καιρὸς οὐκ ἔστι χρόνος δέων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ δέουσα ἑκάστων χρῆσις Hierocl.p.61 [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.4 δεῖ impersonal, see entry __B.II deponent verb δέομαι: contraction δῆσθε [Refs 5th c.BC+], participle δεύμενος [Refs]: future δεήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐδεήθην: always personal, and used by [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.II.1 absolutely, to be in want or need, require, mostly in participle, κάρτα δεόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ δεόμενοι the needy, opposed to οἱ κεκτημένοι τὰς οὐσίας, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.1.b stand in need of, want, with genitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν δεῖσθαι τροφῆς have no need of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤν τι δέωνται βασιλέως if they have any need of him, [Refs]infinitive, τοῦτο ἔτι δέομαι μαθεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πράττεσθαι δεόμενα things needing to be done, [Refs 5th c.BC+]necessaries, [Refs]; ἐπισκευάσαι τὰ δεόμενα parts needing repair, [Refs]; τὸ δεόμενον the point threatened, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δεῖται impersonal, see at {δεῖ}. __B.II.2 beg a thing from a person, with double genitive of things et person, τῶν ἐδέετο σφέων [Refs 5th c.BC+] having begged a favour of you, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: c.genitive person et infinitive, ἐδέετο τοῦ δήμου φυλακῆς πρὸς αὐτοῦ κυρῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]I pray, [LXX]