δέω: [future 
δήσω]; 1 aorist 
ἔδησα; perfect participle 
δεδεκώς (
Acts 22:29); passive, perfect 
δέδεμαι; 1 aorist infinitive 
δεθῆναι (
Acts 21:33); 
Sept. chiefly for 
אָסַר; [from Homer down]; 
to bind, tie, fasten;
1. properly: 
τί, 
εἰς δεσμάς, 
Matthew 13:30 [Tr WH brackets G probably omit 
εἰς, cf. Buttmann, 150 (131); Winer's Grammar, 225 (211)]; 
ὀθόνη τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς δεδεμ. a sheet bound by the four corners (to the sky), 
Acts 10:11 (G L T Tr WH omit 
δεδεμ. 
καί); an animal, to prevent it from straying around, 
ὄνος δεδεμένη, 
πῶλος δεδεμένος, 
Matthew 21:2; 
Mark 11:2; 
Luke 19:30; with 
πρὸς τ. 
θύραν added, 
Mark 11:4; with the accusative of person 
to bind, to fasten with chains, to throw into chains: 
ἀγγέλους, 
Revelation 9:14; a madman, 
πέδαις καὶ ἁλύσεσι, 
Mark 5:3f; captives, [
Matt 12:29]; 
Matt 14:3; 
22:13; 
27:2; [
Mark 3:27]; 
Mark 6:17; 
15:1; 
John 18:12; 
Acts 9:14; 
Acts 21:11; 
Acts 22:29; 
Revelation 20:2; Passive, 
Mark 15:7; 
John 18:24; 
Acts 9:2, 
21 (in the last two passages 
δεδεμένον ἄγειν τινά); 
Acts 21:13; 
Acts 22:5; 
Acts 24:27; 
Colossians 4:3; 
ἁλύσεσι, 
Acts 12:6; 
Acts 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, 
2 Timothy 2:9; the bodies of the dead, which were accustomed to be bound with bandages and linen cloths: 
ὁ τεθνηκὼς δεδεμένος τοὺς πόδας κ. 
τὰς χεῖρας κειρίαις, bound hand and foot with grave-cloths, 
John 11:44; 
τὸ σῶμα ὀθονίοις (
Tdf. 2, 7 
ἐν ὀθον.), to swathe in linen cloths, 
John 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, 
Luke 13:16 cf. 
Luke 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, 
Acts 20:22 (so not infrequent in Greek authors as Plato, rep. 8, p. 567 d. 
ἀνάγκῃ δέδεται ἣ προστάττει αὐτῷ); with the dative of person 
δεδέσθαι τινί, 
to be bound to one: 
ἀνδρί, of a wife, 
Romans 7:2; 
γυναικί, of a husband, 
1 Corinthians 7:27; 
δέδεται absolutely, opposed to 
ἐλευθέρα ἐστί, 
1 Corinthians 7:39; (Achilles Tatius 1, 11, p. 41 
ἄλλῃ δέδεμαι παρθένῳ, Jamblichus, vit. Pythagoras 11, 56 
τὴν μὲν ἄγαμον,... 
τὴν δὲ πρὸς ἄνδρα δεδεμένην).
c. by a Chaldean and rabbinical idiom (equivalent to 
אֲסַר), 
to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit: 
Matthew 16:19; 
Matthew 18:18. [Compare: 
κατα-, 
περι-, 
συν-, 
ὑποδέω.] 
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