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Lexicon :: Strong's G1198 - desmios

Aa
δέσμιος
Transliteration
desmios (Key)
Pronunciation
des'-mee-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:43,145

Strong’s Definitions

δέσμιος désmios, des'-mee-os; from G1199; a captive (as bound):—in bonds, prisoner.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G1198 in the following manner: prisoner (14x), be in bonds (1x), in bonds (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G1198 in the following manner: prisoner (14x), be in bonds (1x), in bonds (1x).

  1. bound, in bonds, a captive, a prisoner

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δέσμιος désmios, des'-mee-os; from G1199; a captive (as bound):—in bonds, prisoner.
STRONGS G1198:
δέσμιος, -ου, ὁ, bound, in bonds, a captive, a prisoner [from Sophocles down]: Matthew 27:15; Mark 15:6; Acts 16:25, 27; Acts 23:18; Acts 25:14, 27; Acts 28:16 [R G], 17; Hebrews 10:34 G L T Tr text WH; Heb 13:3; ὁ δέσμιος τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, whom Christ, i. e. his truth which I have preached, has put in bonds (Winers Grammar, 189 (178); [Buttmann, 169 (147)]), Ephesians 3:1; 2 Timothy 1:8; Philemon 1:1, 9; in the same sense ὁ δέσμιος ἐν κυρίῳ, Ephesians 4:1; [cf. Bp. Lightfoot on Philemon 1:13].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
27:15
Mark
15:6
Acts
16:25; 16:27; 23:18; 25:14; 25:27; 28:16; 28:17
Ephesians
3:1; 4:1
2 Timothy
1:8
Philemon
1:1; 1:9; 1:13
Hebrews
10:34; 13:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1198 matches the Greek δέσμιος (desmios),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:15 - Now at the feast it was the way for the ruler to let free to the people one prisoner, at their selection.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:16 - And they had then an important prisoner, whose name was Barabbas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:6 - Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:25 - But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:27 - And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:18 - So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:27 - For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:17 - Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:1 - For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:1 - I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:8 - Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:1 - Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear helper in the faith,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:9 - Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:34 - For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:3 - Keep in mind those who are in chains, as if you were chained with them, and those who are in trouble, as being yourselves in the body.
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