δέω

δέω — déō

δέω: (future δήσω); 1 aorist έ᾿δησα; perfect participle δεδεκώς (Act 22:29); passive, perfect δέδεμαι; 1 aorist infinitive δεθῆναι (Act 21:33); the Sept. chiefly for אָסַר; (from Homer down); to bind, tie, fasten;

1. properly: τί, εἰςδέσμας, Mat 13:30 (Tr WH brackets G probably omit εἰς, cf. Buttmann, 150 (131); Winer's Grammar, 225 (211)); ὀθόνη τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς δεδεμεναις a sheet bound by the four corners (to the sky), Act 10:11 (G L T Tr WH omit δεδεμεναις καί); an animal, to prevent it from straying around, ὄνος δεδεμενη, πῶλος δεδεμένος, Mat 21:2; Mar 11:2; Luk 19:30; with πρός τήν θύραν added, Mar 11:4; with the accusative of person to bind, to fasten with chains, to throw into chains: ἀγγέλους, Rev 9:14; a madman, πέδαις καί ἁλύσεσι, Mar 5:3 f; captives, Matt.;; Mark;; Joh 18:12; Act 9:14; Act 21:11; Act 22:29; Rev 20:2; Passive, Mar 15:7; Joh 18:24; Act 9:2; Act 9:21 (in the last two passages δεδεμένον ἄγειν τινα); Act 21:13; Act 22:5; Act 24:27; Col 4:3; ἁλύσεσι, Act 12:6; Act 21:33; ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐ δέδεται, figuratively for these bonds of mine in no way hinder its course, i. e. the preaching, extension, and efficacy of the gospel, 2Ti 2:9; the bodies of the dead, which were accustomed to be bound with bandages and linen cloths: ὁ τεθνηκώς δεδεμονος τούς πόδας καί τάς χεῖρας κειριας, bound hand and foot with grave-cloths, Joh 11:44; τό σῶμα ὀθονίοις (Tdf. 2, 7 ἐν ὀθονίοις), to swathe in linen cloths, Joh 19:40.

2. metaphorically,

a. Satan is said δῆσαι a woman bent together, i. e. by means of a demon, as his messenger, taking possession of the woman and preventing her from standing upright, Luk 13:16 cf. Luk 13:11.

b. to bind, i. e. put under obligation, namely, of law, duty, etc.: δεδεμένος τῷ πνεύματι, bound or constrained in my spirit, i. e. compelled by my convictions, Act 20:22 (so not infrequent in Greek authors as Plato, rep. 8, p. 567 d. ἀνάγκη δέδεται ἡ προσταττει αὐτῷ); with the dative of person δεδέσθαι τίνι, to be bound to one: ἀνδρί, of a wife, Rom 7:2; γυναικί, of a husband, 1Co 7:27; δέδεται absolutely, opposed to ἐλευθέρα ἐστι, 1Co 7:39; (Achilles Tatius 1, 11, p. 41 ἄλλη δέδεμαι παρθένῳ, Jamblichus, vit. Pythagoras 11, 56 τήν μέν ἀγαμον,... τήν δέ πρός ἄνδρα δεδεμένην).

c. by a Chaldean and rabbinical idiom (equivalent to אֲסַר), to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit: Mat 16:19; Mat 18:18. (Compare: καταδέω, περιδέω, συνδέω, ὑποδέω.)