chain

Greek Noun Male

δεσμός, -οῦ, ὁ (δέω), [in LXX chiefly for אסר;] a band, bond: metaphorically, Luk.13:16; ὁ δεσμὸς τ. γλώσσης, Mrk.7:35 (for this expression in π, see Deiss, LAE, 306 ff; of actual bonds, see Ruth, Gr., 9). Pl, δεσμοί, Php.1:13; δεσμά (as also in cl.), Luk.8:29, Act.16:26 20:23; genitive, dative, Act.23:29 26:29, 31, Php.1:7, 14, 17, Col.4:18, 2Ti.2:9, Phm 10, Heb.11:36, Ju 6; ἐν τοῖς δ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Phm 13. (AS)

chain

Greek Noun Male

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]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a band, i.e. ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively, an impediment or disability; band, bond, chain, string; neuter and masculine respectively from g1210 (δέω)