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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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δέω

Strong’s: G1210

Associated OET lemmas: δεῖ · δέω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: δέω; aor.; ἔδησα; δέω; subj.; δήσω; δέω; pf.ptc.; δεδεκώς; δέω; pf.pass.; δέδεμαι; δέω; aor.pass.inf.; δεθῆναι

Related lemmas: δεῖ · δεσμεύω · δέσμη · δέσμιος · δεσμός · δεσμοφύλαξ · δεσμωτήριον · δεσμώτης · δεσπότης · διάδημα · καταδέω · οἰκοδεσποτέω · οἰκοδεσπότης · περιδέω · συνδέομαι · σύνδεσμος · ὑποδέομαι · ὑπόδημα

Sense 1: to tie, to tie together, to tie up, to bind up, to wrap

Semantic entry: 18.13

Semantic domains: Attachment

Subdomains: Fasten, Stick To

Definition: to tie objects together, or tie something around something else

MAT 13:30: RV MAT 13:30 · LV MAT 13:30 · Read together MAT 13:30

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OET-RV MAT 13:30

30 Let them all grow together, and then at harvest time I can just tell the harvesters to pull the false wheat plants out first and put them in bundles to be incinerated, and then harvest the wheat to go into my barn.’ ”

OET-LV MAT 13:30

30 Allow both to_be_being_grown_together until the harvest, and in the_time of_the harvest I_will_be_saying to_the harvesters:
Gather first the darnels and bind them into bundles in_order that to_burn_up them, and gather_together the wheat into the barn of_me.

MAT 21:2: RV MAT 21:2 · LV MAT 21:2 · Read together MAT 21:2

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OET-RV MAT 21:2

2 telling them, “Go ahead to the next village, and in front of you you’ll see a donkey tied up, and her colt near her. Untie the donkey and bring them back here to me.

OET-LV MAT 21:2

2 saying to_them:
Be_going into the village which in_front_of of_you_all, and immediately you_all_will_be_finding a_donkey having_been_bound and a_colt with her, having_untied them bring them to_me.
All 7 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 13:30 · RV MAT 21:2 · LV MAT 13:30 · LV MAT 21:2 · Read together MAT 13:30 · Read together MAT 21:2

MRK: RV MRK 11:2 · RV MRK 11:4 · LV MRK 11:2 · LV MRK 11:4 · Read together MRK 11:2 · Read together MRK 11:4

LUK: RV LUK 19:30 · LV LUK 19:30 · Read together LUK 19:30

JHN: RV JHN 11:44 · RV JHN 19:40 · LV JHN 11:44 · LV JHN 19:40 · Read together JHN 11:44 · Read together JHN 19:40

Sense 2: to restrain, to imprison, imprisonment, to put in jail

Semantic entry: 37.114

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Imprison

Definition: to confine someone by binding with ropes or chains

Notes: ‘To imprison a person’ is often expressed in somewhat idiomatic forms, for example, ‘to be tied inside’ or ‘to be locked in the dark’ or even ‘to eat one’s food with rats.’

MAT 12:29: RV MAT 12:29 · LV MAT 12:29 · Read together MAT 12:29

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OET-RV MAT 12:29

29 “How can someone go into a strong man’s house and steal his goods if they don’t tie him up first? Only then can his home be plundered.

OET-LV MAT 12:29

29 Or how is_ anyone _able to_come_in into the house of_the strong man and to_snatch the goods of_him, if not first he_may_bind the strong man?
And then he_will_be_thoroughly_plundering the household of_him.

MAT 14:3: RV MAT 14:3 · LV MAT 14:3 · Read together MAT 14:3

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OET-RV MAT 14:3

3 Herodes said this because he’d previously had Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) arrested and put in prison because of Herodias, his brother Filippos’s (Philip) wife.

OET-LV MAT 14:3

3 For/Because the Haʸrōdaʸs having_apprehended the Yōannaʸs, bound him and put_ him _away in prison, because_of Haʸrōidias, the wife of_Filippos, the brother of_him.
All 26 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 12:29 · RV MAT 14:3 · RV MAT 22:13 · RV MAT 27:2 · LV MAT 12:29 · LV MAT 14:3 · LV MAT 22:13 · LV MAT 27:2 · Read together MAT 12:29 · Read together MAT 14:3 · Read together MAT 22:13 · Read together MAT 27:2

MRK: RV MRK 3:27 · RV MRK 5:3–4 · RV MRK 6:17 · RV MRK 15:1 · RV MRK 15:7 · LV MRK 3:27 · LV MRK 5:3–4 · LV MRK 6:17 · LV MRK 15:1 · LV MRK 15:7 · Read together MRK 3:27 · Read together MRK 5:3–4 · Read together MRK 6:17 · Read together MRK 15:1 · Read together MRK 15:7

JHN: RV JHN 18:12 · RV JHN 18:24 · LV JHN 18:12 · LV JHN 18:24 · Read together JHN 18:12 · Read together JHN 18:24

ACT: RV ACT 9:2 · RV ACT 9:14 · RV ACT 9:21 · RV ACT 12:6 · RV ACT 21:11 · RV ACT 21:13 · RV ACT 21:33 · RV ACT 22:5 · RV ACT 22:29 · RV ACT 24:27 · LV ACT 9:2 · LV ACT 9:14 · LV ACT 9:21 · LV ACT 12:6 · LV ACT 21:11 · LV ACT 21:13 · LV ACT 21:33 · LV ACT 22:5 · LV ACT 22:29 · LV ACT 24:27 · Read together ACT 9:2 · Read together ACT 9:14 · Read together ACT 9:21 · Read together ACT 12:6 · Read together ACT 21:11 · Read together ACT 21:13 · Read together ACT 21:33 · Read together ACT 22:5 · Read together ACT 22:29 · Read together ACT 24:27

COL: RV COL 4:3 · LV COL 4:3 · Read together COL 4:3

TI2: RV TI2 2:9 · LV TI2 2:9 · Read together TI2 2:9

REV: RV REV 9:14 · RV REV 20:2 · LV REV 9:14 · LV REV 20:2 · Read together REV 9:14 · Read together REV 20:2

Sense 3: to compel, to force

Semantic entry: 37.33

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Compel, Force

Definition: to compel someone to act in a particular manner

Notes: In some instances ἀναγκάζω and δέω[c] may be rendered as ‘to cause it to be necessary for.’ In other instances a simple causative seems to be the closest equivalent. For example, the last clause of RV GAL 2:14 · LV GAL 2:14 · Read together GAL 2:14 may be expressed as ‘how can you make Gentiles live like Jews,’ and in RV ACT 20:22 · LV ACT 20:22 · Read together ACT 20:22 one may translate ‘and now the Spirit makes me go to Jerusalem.’

ACT 20:22: RV ACT 20:22 · LV ACT 20:22 · Read together ACT 20:22

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OET-RV ACT 20:22

22 However the spirit is now forcing me towards Yerushalem (Jerusalem) even though I don’t know what will happen to me there.

OET-LV ACT 20:22

22 And now see, I having_been_bound by_the spirit, am_going to Hierousalaʸm, not having_known the things in it going_to_be_meeting with_me

Sense 4: to restrict, to place under (the jurisdiction of)

Semantic entry: 37.45

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Exercise Authority

Definition: to cause someone to be under the authority of someone or something else

ROM 7:2: RV ROM 7:2 · LV ROM 7:2 · Read together ROM 7:2

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OET-RV ROM 7:2

2 For example, a woman who’s married to her husband is bound by the law, but if her husband dies then she’s released from the law concerning her husband.

OET-LV ROM 7:2

2 For/Because the married woman to_the living husband has_been_bound by_law, but if may_die_off the husband, she_has_been_released from the law of_the husband.

CO1 7:27: RV CO1 7:27 · LV CO1 7:27 · Read together CO1 7:27

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OET-RV CO1 7:27

27 If you’re married, then don’t try to get out of it. If you’re not committed, don’t look for a spouse.

OET-LV CO1 7:27

27 You_have_been_bound to_a_wife?
Not be_seeking divorced.
You_have_been_untied/released from a_wife?
Not be_seeking a_wife.
All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: RV ROM 7:2 · LV ROM 7:2 · Read together ROM 7:2

CO1: RV CO1 7:27 · RV CO1 7:39 · LV CO1 7:27 · LV CO1 7:39 · Read together CO1 7:27 · Read together CO1 7:39

Sense 5: to prohibit, to not allow, to not permit

Semantic entry: 37.46

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Exercise Authority

Definition: to exercise authority over something on the basis that it is not legitimate

Notes: There are a number of different interpretations of the implication of this statement in RV MAT 16:19 · LV MAT 16:19 · Read together MAT 16:19, and translators should carefully review this passage in various commentaries.

MAT 16:19: RV MAT 16:19 · LV MAT 16:19 · Read together MAT 16:19

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OET-RV MAT 16:19

19 I’ll give you the heavenly kingdom’s keys, and whatever you restrain on the earth will be restrained in the heavens, and whatever you free on the earth will be freed in the heavens.”

OET-LV MAT 16:19

19 I_will_be_giving the keys of_the kingdom of_the heavens, to_you, and whatever if you_may_bind on the earth, will_be having_been_bound in the heavens, and whatever if you_may_untie/release on the earth, will_be having_been_untied/released in the heavens.

MAT 18:18: RV MAT 18:18 · LV MAT 18:18 · Read together MAT 18:18

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OET-RV MAT 18:18

18 “I can assure you that whatever you restrain on earth will be restrained in heaven, and whatever you set free on earth will be set free in heaven.

OET-LV MAT 18:18

18 Truly, I_am_saying to_you_all, as_much_as wishfully you_all_may_bind on the earth, will_be having_been_bound in heaven, and as_much_as if you_all_may_untie/release on the earth, will_be having_been_untied/released in heaven.

Sense 6: to cause physical hardship, to cause illness

Semantic entry: 23.157

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sickness, Disease, Weakness

Definition: to cause physical incapacity for someone

LUK 13:16: RV LUK 13:16 · LV LUK 13:16 · Read together LUK 13:16

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OET-RV LUK 13:16

16 This woman is a descendant of Avraham who’s been handicapped by Satan for eighteen years, and yet you say that it’s wrong to break that bond on the Rest Day!”

OET-LV LUK 13:16

16 And this being daughter of_Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām), whom the Satan/(Sāţān) bound, see, ten and eight years, it_was_ not _fitting to_be_untied/released from the this bond on_the day of_the day_of_rest?