Desmos δεσμός

Desmos (Greek δεσμός, Strong's G1199) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “chain”. It occurs 19 times in 19 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Desmos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Mark

• Mark 7:35
  And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.

Luke

• 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.)For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
• Luke 13:16
  And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

Acts

• 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 every one’s bands were loosed.Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
• Acts 20:23
  Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
• Acts 22:30
  On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
• Acts 23:29
  Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
• Acts 26:29
  And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”
• Acts 26:31
  And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”

Philippians

• Philippians 1:7
  Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.
• Philippians 1:13
  So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
• Philippians 1:14
  And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.
• Philippians 1:17
  But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.

Colossians

• Colossians 4:18
  The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

2 Timothy

• 2 Timothy 2:9
  Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

Philemon

• Philemon 1:10
  I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
• Philemon 1:13
  Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 11:36
  And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Jude

• Jude 1:6
  And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).