Lexical Definition

‎δεσμόν‎ desmón (des-mon') chain G:N-M
neuter and masculine respectively from ‎δέω‎

band, bond, chain, string.

Usage: 13 forms in 53 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
δεσμῶν chains Acts.22.30 • Acts.26.29 • Col.4.18 • 2Tim.2.9
of chains Acts.23.29 • Acts.26.31 • Heb.11.36
δεσμὸσ band Mark.7.35
δεσμὰ chains Luke.8.29 • Acts.16.26 • Acts.20.23
δεσμών bonds LXX.Isa.42.7 • LXX.Mal.4.2
δεσμώ a bond LXX.1Sam.25.29 • LXX.Dan.4.15 • LXX.Dan.4.23
by a bond LXX.Judg.15.13
with a bond LXX.Num.19.15
δεσμόσ a bond LXX.Eccl.7.26
a bundle LXX.Gen.42.35
δεσμόν a bundle LXX.Hag.1.6
bond LXX.Lev.26.13 • LXX.Job.38.31 • LXX.Isa.52.2
bundle LXX.Gen.42.27
δεσμοῦ bond Luke.13.16
δεσμοῖσ chains Phil.1.7 • Phil.1.14 • Phil.1.17 • Phlm.1.10 • Phlm.1.13
in chains Jude.1.6
δεσμούσ bonds LXX.Job.39.5 • LXX.Prov.7.22 • LXX.Jer.5.5 • LXX.Jer.27.2 • LXX.Ezek.4.8 • LXX.Nah.1.13 • LXX.Hab.3.13
bundles LXX.Gen.42.35
chains Phil.1.13
my bonds LXX.Ps.116.16
their bonds LXX.Ps.2.3 • LXX.Ps.107.14 • LXX.Jer.30.8
your bonds LXX.Jer.2.20
δεσμού binding LXX.Num.30.13
δεσμοίσ bonds LXX.2Chr.33.11 • LXX.Isa.49.9 • LXX.Hos.11.4
δεσμοί bonds LXX.Judg.15.14 • LXX.Isa.28.22 • LXX.Ezek.3.25

Abbott-Smith

δεσμός, -οῦ, ὁ (< δέω), [in LXX chiefly for אסר ;]
a band, bond: metaph., Lk 13:16; ὁ δεσμὸς τ. γλώσσης, Mk 7:35 (for this expression in π., v. Deiss., LAE, 306 ff.; of actual bonds, v. Ruth., Gr., 9). Pl., δεσμοί, Phl 1:13; δεσμά (as also in cl.), Lk 8:29, Ac 16:26 20:23; gen., dat., Ac 23:29 26:29, 31, Phl 1:7, 14, 17*, Col 4:18, II Ti 2:9, Phm 10, He 11:36, Ju 6; ἐν τοῖς δ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Phm 13.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Mark 7:35
Luke 8:29 · 13:16
Acts 16:26 · 20:23 · 23:29 · 26:29 · 26:31
Philippians 1:7 · 1:13 · 1:14 · 1:17*
Colossians 4:18
2 Timothy 2:9
Philemon 1:10 · 1:13
Hebrews 11:36
Jude 1:6

Liddell-Scott-Jones

δεσμός, ὁ,

plural δεσμά [Refs 6th c.BC+], and so mostly in Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: both forms in Attic dialect Inscrr., δεσμοί [Refs] the latter preferred by [Refs 6th c.AD+], Attic dialect accusative to [Refs 5th c.AD+]:—band, bond, anything for tying and fastening, as halter, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; mooring-cable, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; door-latch, [Refs]; yoke-strap, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, any bond of union or connexion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the vowels, [Refs]; δεσμοὶ πολιτείας, of the laws, [Refs]; εἰς τὰ δεσμοῦ for binding material, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

__2 in plural (never δεσμά in this sense), bonds, chains, ἐκ δεσμῶν λυθῆναι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πρὶν ἂν ἐξ ἀγρίων δ. χαλάσῃ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν δ., ={δεσμοφύλαξ}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: in singular, collectively, bonds, imprisonment, δ. ἀχλυόεις epigram cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically of moral bondage, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__3 ligature, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 δ. ἄρθρου in [Refs 5th c.BC+] (at [prev. work]) as ankylosis.
__5 spell, charm, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II ={δέσμη}, Papyrus in [Refs 1st c.BC+]; δ. ἀργυρίου [LXX]

LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.42.27