noun · masculine
sundesmos
Strong’sG4886
a band, bond
stem sundesm-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
σύν-δεσμος, -ου, ὁ
(< συνδέω), [in LXX for קשׁר, קטר, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4886 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
irregular plural σύνδεσμα Refs 5th c.BC+:—that which binds together, bond of union, fastening, ξ. ἦν.. τὰ ξύλα, τοῦ μὴ ἀσθενὲς εἶναι τὸ οἰκοδόμημα Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς εἶχε the golden headband kept its bonds firmly fixed, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἁμμάτων σύνδεσμα fastenings of garments, Refs; μελέων σύνδεσμα, of sinews or ligaments, NT+5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, bond of union; ὁ σ. τῆς πόλεως the bond that keeps the state together, of good citizens, NT+5th c.BC+
3 Grammars, conjunction, Refs 4th c.BC+; σ. ἓν ποιεῖ τὰ πολλάRefs 3rd c.BC+
II ={σύνδεσις}Refs 5th c.BC+
III that which is bound together, bundle, ἐπιστολῶν Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV conspiracy, LXX
V sodomy,LXX
VI Astron., node, Refs 4th c.BC+
VI.2 Σ. the Knot, i.e. the star a Piscium, Refs 2nd c.BC+
VI.3 Astrology texts, connexion of heavenly bodies, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of the moon, Refs 4th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sundesmos1×σύνδεσμος | sundesmois |
| object accusative | sundesmon1×σύνδεσμον | sundesmoin |
| direct address vocative | sundesmor | sundesmoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | sundesmou | sundesmoiu1×συνδέσμων |
| to, for dative | sundesmo1×συνδέσμῳ | sundesmoi |
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
sundesmo 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
sundesmos“bond”subjectnominative singular1×
Colossians 3:14… de houtei tan agapan, hem atō sundesmos tau teleiotau.… put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
sundesmon“bound”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 8:23“bound”eis gar cholan pikriau kai sundesmon adikiau horamō sin arōnton.For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”
sundesmo“bond”to, fordative singular1×
Ephesians 4:3… tan henotan teu pneumeu en to sundesmo tau eirēnau;… unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
sundesmoiu“ligaments”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Colossians 2:19… tem sōmem dia taiu hafaiu kai sundesmoiu epichorēgorōntem kai sumbibazorōntem auxatō tan auxēsian …… knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to …