δεσμός

Mark 7:35 δεσμὸς band

Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.

Luke 8:29 δεσμὰ chains

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 δεσμοῦ bond

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?”

Here: A tether or chain, the word for a prisoner's bonds. Her bent spine is pictured as a rope Satan tied.

Acts 16:26 δεσμὰ chains

Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

Here: A general word for anything that binds: chains, shackles, ropes, fetters. Paul and Silas also had their feet in wooden stocks (v. 24).

Acts 20:23 δεσμὰ chains

I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

Here: Literal restraints: chains and imprisonment. The word picks up the "bound" (dedemenos) of verse 22. Paul goes "bound" by the Spirit, and real bonds are waiting for him.

Acts 23:29 δεσμῶν of chains

I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.

Here: Literally 'chains'; by extension imprisonment or custody in chains. It is the lesser of the two penalties. Lysias himself had put Paul in two chains (21:33).

Acts 26:29 δεσμῶν chains

“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.”

Here: Paul's literal chains. He was in Roman custody, probably chained to a soldier, and may be gesturing with the chained hand he raised at the start (26:1).

Acts 26:31 δεσμῶν of chains

On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”

Philippians 1:7 δεσμοῖς chains

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.

Here: Literal fetters, standing for his imprisonment as a whole. Paul is in Roman custody while he writes.

Philippians 1:13 δεσμούς chains

As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

Here: Literally the chains or bonds on a prisoner. Paul uses the word to stand for his whole imprisonment, while keeping the physical picture in view. In Roman military custody a prisoner was often chained to a soldier.

Philippians 1:14 δεσμοῖς chains

And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.

Here: Paul's literal chains, the sign that he was a prisoner held for trial. Something meant to shame and silence him became the reason others found courage.

Colossians 4:18 δεσμῶν. chains.

This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

Here: Literal restraints such as chains or fetters. The plural is a standard way of saying "imprisonment". Paul is a real prisoner, held because of the gospel (4:3).

2 Timothy 2:9 δεσμῶν chains

for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

Here: Plural "bonds". This is Paul's usual way of saying "imprisonment" (Phil 1:7, 13; Col 4:18), but here he means it physically too: he is in irons.

Philemon 1:10 δεσμοῖς chains

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

Here: Literal bonds, and by extension imprisonment as such. The fetters were a mark of public shame, and Paul turns them into the place where new life was born.

Philemon 1:13 δεσμοῖς chains

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 11:36 δεσμῶν of chains

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Here: "Of chains": the actual fetters or bonds on a prisoner's body, not a figure of speech. In this period, being chained was a visible sign of disgrace.

Jude 1:6 δεσμοῖς in chains

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.

Here: 'In bonds' or 'with chains': the picture of prisoners held in restraint. It echoes 1 Enoch 10, where the angel Raphael is told to bind the rebel watcher 'hand and foot'.