δεσμόν desmón

Meaning

a band, i.e. ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively, an impediment or disability

In the King James Version: band, bond, chain, string

Derivation: neuter and masculine respectively from G1210 (δέω);

Where it is used

• Mark 7:35 Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
• Luke 8:29 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 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 16:26 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 I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
• Acts 22:30 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 I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
• Acts 26:29 “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 On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
• Philippians 1:7 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 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 most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.
• Philippians 1:17 The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.
• Colossians 4:18 This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
• 2 Timothy 2:9 for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
• Philemon 1:10 I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
• Philemon 1:13 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 Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
• Jude 1:6 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.