greek #4886 - σύνδεσμος, ου, ὁ sundesmos (that which binds together)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance bond. From sun and desmon; a joint tie, i.e. Ligament, (figuratively) uniting principle, control -- band, bond. see GREEK sun see GREEK desmon Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 4886: σύνδεσμοςσύνδεσμος, συνδεσμου, ὁ (συνδέω);1.that which binds together, a band, bond: of the ligaments by which the members of the human body are united together (Euripides, Hipp. 199; Tim. Locr., p. 100 b. (i. e., 3, 3, p. 386, Bekker edition); Aristotle, h. a. 10, 7, 3, p. 638b, 9; Galen), Colossians 2:19 (where see Lightfoot); tropically: τῷσυνδέσμῳτῆςεἰρήνης, i. e. τῇεἰρήνηὡςσυνδέσμῳ, Ephesians 4:3 (σύνδεσμοςεὐνοίαςκαίφιλίας, Plutarch, Numbers 6); ἥτιςἐστισύνδεσμοςτῆςτελειότητος, that in which all the virtues are so bound together that perfection is the result, and not one of them is lacking to that perfection, Colossians 3:14 (cf. Lightfoot at the passage). εἰςσύνδεσμονἀδικίαςὁρῶσεὄντα, I see that you have fallen into (cf. εἰμί, V. 2 a., p. 179a, and see below) the bond of iniquity, i. e. forged by iniquity to fetter souls, Acts 8:23 (the phrase σύνδεσμονἀδικίας occurs in another sense in Isaiah 58:6). 2. that which is bound together, a bundle: properly, σύνδεσμοςἐπιστολῶν, Herodian, 4, 12, 11 (6, Bekker edition); hence, some interpreters think that by σύνδεσμονἀδικίας, in Acts 8:23 above, Simon is described as a bundle of iniquity, compacted as it were of iniquity (just as Cicero, in Pison. 9, 21 calls a certain man animal ex omnium scelerum importunitate ... concretum); but besides the circumstance that this interpretation is extremely bold, no examples can be adduced of this tropical use of the noun. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Greek: 4886. σύνδεσμος (sundesmos) — 4 OccurrencesActs 8:23 - N-AMS Ephesians 4:3 - N-DMS Colossians 2:19 - N-GMP Colossians 3:14 - N-NMS |