- Transliteration: Deo

- Phonetic: deh'-o

- Definition:

1. to bind tie, fasten

a. to bind, fasten with chains, to throw into chains

b. metaph.

1. Satan is said to bind a woman bent together by means of a demon, as his messenger, taking possession of the woman and preventing her from standing upright

2. to bind, put under obligation, of the law, duty etc. 1b

c. to be bound to one, a wife, a husband

1. to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit

- Origin: a root

- TDNT entry: 03:00,1

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: A primary verb; to bind (in various applications literally or figuratively): - bind be in bonds knit tie wind. See also G1163" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1163 G1189" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1189.