Desmios means “in bonds” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1198 — baar (“foolish”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1198 δέσμιος (desmios) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. desmios (des'-mee-os) n. 1. a captive (as bound) [from G1199] It has 25 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include prisoner, prisoners, bonds, and bound. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
desmios (des'-mee-os) n. 1. a captive (as bound) [from G1199] KJV: in bonds, prisoner Root(s): G1199
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1198. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
prisoner
Usage: δέσμιος, -ον (also -α, -ον; δεσμός), [in LXX for אסר;] __1. binding. __2. bound, captive; ὁ δ., as subst., a prisoner: Mat.27:15, 16, Mrk.15:6, Act.16:25, 27 23:18 25:14, 27 28:16 (Rec.) 17, Heb.10:34 13:3; ὁ δ. τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Eph.3:1, 2Ti.1:8, Phm 1, 9; ὁ δ. ἐν κυρίῳ, Eph.4:1.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render desmios, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1198 (δέσμιος) appears 9 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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16 indexed usages in New Testament.
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
For he shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign, Because he also that was in his kingdom has become poor.
To bring down under his feet All the prisoners of the earth,
And thou by the blood of thy covenant hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit that has no water.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Then the king being in a rage, and provoked with the accusations of the most wicked man, wrote to Nicanor, signifying that he was much displeased with the covenants, and commanding him that he should send Maccabeus prisoner in all haste unto Antioch.
he stretched out his right hand toward the temple, and made an oath in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as a prisoner, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus.
Bound, and exposed to public gaze, they were hurried violently on board ship.
First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1198.
For he shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign, Because he also that was in his kingdom has become poor.
To bring down under his feet All the prisoners of the earth,
And thou by the blood of thy covenant hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit that has no water.
Ye shall dwell in strongholds, ye prisoners of the congregation: and for one day of thy captivity I will recompense thee double.
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Then the king being in a rage, and provoked with the accusations of the most wicked man, wrote to Nicanor, signifying that he was much displeased with the covenants, and commanding him that he should send Maccabeus prisoner in all haste unto Antioch.
he stretched out his right hand toward the temple, and made an oath in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as a prisoner, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus.
Bound, and exposed to public gaze, they were hurried violently on board ship.
They brought them fettered in grievous chains as slaves, nay, as traitors. Without inquiry or examination they endeavored to annihilate them. They buckled themselves with a savage cruelty, worse than Scythian custom.
For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; They being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, Lay there exiled from the eternal providence.
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Desmios (Strong's G1198) is a Greek word most simply glossed "in bonds". desmios (des'-mee-os) n. 1. a captive (as bound) [from G1199]
This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G1198 across 13 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1198 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as prisoner, prisoners, bonds, and bound. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1198, with linked reader references where each row is available.