Strong's Greek Concordance

G1195: δεσμεύω

desmeúō · “to bind”

Definition

to be a binder (captor), i.e. to enchain (a prisoner), to tie on (a load)

KJV translates it as: bind

Word origin: from a (presumed) derivative of G1196 (δεσμέω);

Extended definition

δεσμεύω
(δεσμός), [in LXX for אָסַר (Jdg.16:11, al.), אָלַם pi. (Gen.37:7, al.), etc. ;]
1. to put in chains: Luk.8:29, Act.22:4.
2. to bind, tie together: φορτία, Mat.23:4.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G1195 is translated

  • they tie up ×1
  • he was shackled ×1
  • binding ×1

Bible verses with G1195 (desmeúō)

Desmeúō appears in 3 verses.

  • Matthew 23:4

    For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

  • Luke 8:29

    (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

  • Acts 22:4

    And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.