Meaning
from deo, "to bind" (see BAND), is usually found in the plural, either masculine or neuter; (a) it stands thus for the actual "bonds" which bind a prisoner, as in Luk 8:29, Act 16:26, Act 20:23 (the only three places where the neuter plural is used); Act 22:30; (b) the masculine plural stands frequently in a figurative sense for "a condition of imprisonment," Phi 1:7, Phi 1:13, i.e., "so that my captivity became manifest as appointed for the cause of Christ;" Phi 1:14, Phi 1:16, Col 4:18, 2Ti 2:9, Phm 1:10, Phm 1:13, Heb 10:34.
In Mar 7:35 "the bond (AV string)" stands metaphorically for "the infirmity which caused an impediment in his speech." So in Luk 13:16, of the infirmity of the woman who was bowed together. See BAND, CHAIN, STRING.
<2,,1198, desmios>
"a binding," denotes "a prisoner," e.g., Act 25:14, RV, for the AV, "in bonds;" Heb 13:3, "them that are in bonds," Paul speaks of himself as a prisoner of Christ, Eph 3:1, 2Ti 1:8, Phm 1:1, Phm 1:9; "in the Lord," Eph 4:1. See PRISONER.
<3,,4886, sundesmos>
"that which binds together" (sum, "with," and No. 1), is said of "the bond of iniquity," Act 8:23; "the bond of peace," Eph 4:3; "the bond of perfectness," Col 3:14 (figurative of the ligaments of the body); elsewhere; Col 2:19, "bands," figuratively of the bands which unite the church, the body of Christ. See BAND.
<4,,254, halusis>
denotes "a chain;" so the RV in Eph 6:20, for AV "bonds." See CHAIN.
<5,,1112, gramma>
in Luk 16:6, RV, means "a bill or note of hand." See BILL, No. 2.
<6,,5498, cheirographon>
"a handwriting," is rendered "bond" in Col 2:14, RV.
