noun · feminine
desmas
Greekδέσμη (desmē)
Strong’sG1197
a bundle
stem desm-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δέσμη (Rec. δεσμή), -ης, ἡ
(< δέω), [in LXX for אֲגֻדָּה, Ex 12:22 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1197 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddes-may'
a bundle
Fromfrom G1196;
King Jamesbundle.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | desmas | desmais |
| object accusative | desman | desmain1×δέσμας |
| direct address vocative | desmar | desmair |
| of, belonging to genitive | desmau | desmaiu |
| to, for dative | desma | desmai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
desma is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
desmain“bundles”objectaccusative plural1×
Matthew 13:30“bundles”afiēkavar sunauxanirō amfotereim mechris tou therismou; kai en kairo tou therismou legami toi theristoi; Sullegavar prōtem teim zizanieim kai davar auteim eis desmain pros tem katakaiara auteim, ton de siton sunagavar eis tan apothēkan mu.Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”