desmios · prisoner

What it means

desmios (δέσμιος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “prisoner”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Someone in chains or in jail.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• prisoner ×12
• prisoners ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×1
• Acts×6
• Ephesians×2
• 2 Timothy×1
• Philemon×2
• Hebrews×2

• Matthew 27:15

  Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wanted.

• Matthew 27:16

  And they had then a notorious prisoner called Jesus Barabbas.

• Mark 15:6

  Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner, whomever they asked for.

• Acts 16:25

  And about midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

• Acts 16:27

  And the jailer, waking up and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

• Acts 23:18

  So he took him and brought him to the commander and says, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, since he has something to say to you.”

• Acts 25:14

  And as they were staying there several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left by Felix as a prisoner,

• Acts 25:27

  For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without also indicating the charges against him.”

• Acts 28:17

  And it happened after three days that he called together the leading men of the Jews; and when they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

• Ephesians 3:1

  For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of the Messiah Jesus for the sake of you, the nations—

• Ephesians 4:1

  I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called,

• 2 Timothy 1:8

  So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the good news by the power of God,

• Philemon 1:1

  Paul, a prisoner of the Messiah Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our beloved friend and fellow worker,

• Philemon 1:9

  because of love I rather appeal to you, being such a man as Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner of the Messiah Jesus.

• Hebrews 10:34

  For you indeed sympathized with the prisoners, and accepted with joy the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better possession and one that remains.

• Hebrews 13:3

  Remember the prisoners as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you yourselves also are in the body.