δέω deō

Greek word for “to bind” · Strong’s G1210 · used 43 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

δέω (I); to tie, bind, fasten;

How it is translated

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

• bound 18
• having bound 5
• shall bind 4
• tied 4
• bind 2
• have been bound 2
• has been bound 2
• do bind 1
• has bound 1
• will bind 1
• imprisoned 1
• have you been bound 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 9 (3), Acts 21 (3), Mark 5 (2), Mark 11 (2), Mark 15 (2), John 18 (2), Acts 22 (2), 1 Corinthians 7 (2), Matthew 12 (1), Matthew 13 (1)

Forms

• δεδεμένον 6
• ἔδησεν 4
• δεδεμένος 4
• δεδεμένους 4
• δήσαντες 3
• δέδεται 3
• δήσῃ 2
• δῆσαι 2
• ἔδησαν 2
• δεθῆναι 2

Words used with it

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

• λύω luō “to loose” 10
• Ἱερουσαλήμ Hierousalēm “Jerusalem” 6
• ἅλυσις halusis “chain” 4
• πῶλος pōlos “colt” 4
• ἄγω agō “to bring” 5
• ἐάν ean “if” 7
• γυνή gunē “woman” 6
• ἀρχιερεύς archiereus “high-priest” 5
• κατέναντι katenanti “before” 3
• τότε tote “then” 5
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 5
• εὐθέως eutheōs “immediately” 4

Key verses

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

• Matthew 13:30 — Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to…
• Matthew 22:13 — Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 27:2 — And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
• Mark 15:1 — And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away,…
• Acts 9:2 — And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto…
• Acts 21:11 — And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind…
• Acts 21:13 — Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord…
• Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
• Acts 24:27 — But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix’ room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
• Colossians 4:3 — Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
• 2 Timothy 2:9 — Where in I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
• Revelation 20:2 — And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

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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.