desmon · bond, chain

What it means

desmon (δεσμόν) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “bond, chain”.

Prison.

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. The irons that hold a prisoner.

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

How it is translated

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

• chains ×15
• binding ×1
• bond ×1
• bonds ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• Acts×5
• Philippians×4
• Colossians×1
• 2 Timothy×1
• Philemon×2
• Hebrews×1
• Jude×1

• Mark 7:35

  And his ears were opened, and the binding of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plainly.

• Luke 8:29

  For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him, and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and breaking the bonds he was driven by the demon into the deserted places.

• Luke 13:16

  And this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, look, for eighteen years, ought she not to be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?”

• Acts 16:26

  And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

• Acts 20:23

  except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying that chains and afflictions await me.

• Acts 23:29

  I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but having no charge deserving death or chains.

• Acts 26:29

  And Paul said, “I would pray to God that, whether in a short time or in a long time, not only you but also all who hear me today might become such as I myself am, except for these chains.”

• Acts 26:31

  and when they had withdrawn, they were speaking to one another, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving death or chains.”

• Philippians 1:7

  Just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, all of you being sharers with me in grace, both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the good news.

• Philippians 1:13

  so that my chains have become evident as being in the Messiah throughout the whole praetorium and to all the rest,

• Philippians 1:14

  and most of the brothers, trusting in the Lord because of my chains, dare far more to speak the word without fear.

• Philippians 1:17

  but those proclaim the Messiah out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking to stir up affliction in my chains.

• Colossians 4:18

  The greeting is by my own hand, Paul’s. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

• 2 Timothy 2:9

  for which I suffer hardship even to chains as a criminal; but the word of God is not bound.

• Philemon 1:10

  I appeal to you for my child, whom I fathered in my chains, Onesimus,

• Philemon 1:13

  I wanted to keep him with me, so that on behalf of you he might serve me in the chains of the good news;

• Hebrews 11:36

  And others experienced mockings and floggings, and even chains and prison.

• Jude 1:6

  And angels who did not keep their own dignity but abandoned their own dwelling he has kept in eternal chains under gloom for the judgment of the great day.