noun · masculine
desmōtos
Greekδεσμώτης (desmōtēs)
Strong’sG1202
a prisoner, captive
stem desmōt-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δεσμώτης, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for אסר, מַסְגֵּר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1202 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddes-mo'-tace
(passively) a captive
Fromfrom the same as G1201;
King Jamesprisoner.
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 | desmōtos | desmōtois |
| object accusative | desmōton | desmōtoin2×δεσμώτας |
| direct address vocative | desmōtor | desmōtoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | desmōtou | desmōtoiu |
| to, for dative | desmōto | desmōtoi |
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
desmōto 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
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
desmōtoin“prisoners”objectaccusative plural2×
Acts 27:1“prisoners”Hōs de krinita teu apoplarō nin eis tan Italian, paradōale ton tē Paulon kai tinoin heteroin desmōtoin hekatontarchēo onome Ioulio speirau Sebastau.When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
Acts 27:42“prisoners”toiu de stratiōtoiu boulas gineta hina toin desmōtoin apokteinaleia, mē tinos ekkolumbaratos diafeugateia;The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.