δέσμιος desmios

Greek word for “prisoner” · Strong’s G1198 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

δέσμιος, -ον (also -α, -ον;;

How it is translated

Glosses given for desmios in context, with how often each is used:

• prisoner 12
• prisoners 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 27 (2), Acts 16 (2), Acts 25 (2), Philemon 1 (2), Mark 15 (1), Acts 23 (1), Acts 28 (1), Ephesians 3 (1), Ephesians 4 (1), 2 Timothy 1 (1)

Forms

• δέσμιος 7
• δέσμιον 5
• δέσμιοι 1
• δεσμίους 1
• δεσμίοις 1
• δεσμίων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with desmios more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 6
• κατά kata “according to” 6
• ἑορτή heortē “festival” 2
• ἀπολύω apoluō “to release” 2
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 3
• παρακαλέω parakaleō “to plead/comfort” 2
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 2
• εἷς ehis “one” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 2

Key verses

The verses using desmios that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Mark 15:6 — Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
• Acts 16:25 — And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
• Acts 16:27 — And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that…
• Acts 23:18 — So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath…
• Acts 28:17 — And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren,…
• Ephesians 3:1 — For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
• Ephesians 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
• 2 Timothy 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the…
• Philemon 1:1 — Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
• Philemon 1:9 — Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
• Hebrews 10:34 — For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring…
• Hebrews 13:3 — Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.