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BIND AND LOOSE
GREEK DEFINITIONS:
Bind/Binding deo = to fasten; to
tie; to bind, be in bonds
desete
= to bind or tie as with a rope,
chain, cord
desmeo =
to fetter
desmeuo = to
fetter
proteino = to stretch out
before
perideo = to
bind around
hupodeo = to
bind under one’s feet, put
on shoes or sandals, shod
katadeo = to bind fast,
bandage a wound,
bandage as a wound, bind up
sundeo = to
bind along with, be a fellow
prisoner
Loose/Loosed/Loosening apoluo = to loose off or away
katargeo = to make
inactive, to be
render entirely idle, useless,
abolish, case, do away, of
none effect, loose, put away,
make void
luo = to loose,
break up, destroy,
dissolve, melt, put off
anitemi = to
send again; to sent up; let go
airo = to lift
anago = to send
forth or away
lusis = a
loosening
lusete = to
unbind, to loosen, to set free
The terms “bind” and
“loose” were Jewish idioms indicating that what is announced on earth has
already been determined in heaven. To “bind” meant to forbid, refuse, or
prohibit. To “loose” meant to permit or allow. In Matthew 18:18, Jesus
is speaking of church discipline. Members who repent are to be restored or
“loosed” and members who do not repent are to be removed or “bound”.
The decisions we make,
the correction we give and the forgiveness we offer must be in harmony with
God’s revealed truth in order to be binding, i.e. John 16:13 “Howbeit
when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he
shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
and he will shew you things to come.”
1.
Matthew 12:29; Mark 3:27
“How can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he
first bind (deo) the strong man? And then he will spoil his
house.”
2.
Matthew 13:30
“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say
to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind (deo)
them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.”
3.
Matthew 16:19
“I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou
shalt bind (deo) on earth shall be bound (deo) in
heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose (luo) on earth shall be
loosed (luo) in heaven.”
4.
Matthew 18:18
“Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind (deo)on earth
shall be bound (deo) in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose
(luo) on earth shall be loosed (luo) in heaven.”
5.
Matthew 21:2; Mark 11:2-5; Luke
19:30-34 “Go into the village over
against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her:
loose (luo) them, and bring them unto me.”
6.
Matthew 22:13
“Then said the king to the servants, Bind (deo) him hand and foot,
and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.”
7.
Matthew 27:2; Mark 15:1
“And when they had bound (deo) him, they led him away, and
delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.”
8.
Mark 5:3-4
“Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind (deo)
him, no, not with chains: Because that he had been often bound (deo)
with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the
fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.”
9.
Mark 6:17
“For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound (deo)
him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married
her.”
10.
Mark 7:35 “And straight way his ears were opened, and the string
of his tongue was loosed (luo), and he spake plain.”
11.
Mark 13:15 “The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite,
doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose (luo) his ox or his
ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?”
12.
Mark 15:7 “And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound
(deo) with them that had made insurrection with him, who had
committed murder in the insurrection.”
13.
Luke 10:34 “And the Samaritan went to him, and bound (katadeo)
up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and
brought him to an inn, and took care of him.”
14.
Luke 13:16 “And ought not this woman, being a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan hath bound (deo), lo, these eighteen years, be
loosed (luo) from this bond on the Sabbath day.”
15.
John 11:44 “And he that was dead came forth, bound (deo)
hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin.
Jesus saith unto them, Loose (luo) him, and let him go.”
16.
John 18:12, 24 “Then the band and the captain and officers of the
Jews took Jesus, and bound (deo) him. Now Annas had sent him
bound (deo) unto Caiaphas the high priest.”
17.
Acts 2:24 “Whom God hath raised upon having loosed (luo)
the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be of it.”
18.
Acts 9:2, 14, 21; 22:5 “And desired of him letters to Damascus to
the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or
women, he might bring them bound (deo) unto Jerusalem. And here
he hath authority from the chief priests to bind (deo) all that
call on thy name. But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he
that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for
that intent, the he might bring them bound (deo) unto the chief
priests?”
19.
Acts 12:8 “And the angel said unto Peter, Gird thyself, and
bind (hupodeo) on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto
him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.”
20.
Acts 13:25 “And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think
ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes
of his feet I am not worthy to loose (luo).”
21.
Acts 20:22 “And now, behold, I go bound (deo) in
the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and
afflictions abide me.”
22.
Acts 21:11, 13 “And when Agabus was come unto us, he took Paul’s
girdle, and bound (deo) his own hands and feet, and said, Thus
saith the Holy ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind (deo)
the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the
Gentiles. Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart?
For I am ready not to be bound (deo) only, but also to die at
Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
23.
Acts 21:33 “Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and
commanded him to be bound (deo) with two chains; and demanded
who he was, and what he had done.”
24.
Acts 22:30 “On the morrow, because he would have known the
certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed (luo)
him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to
appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.”
25.
Acts 24:26 “Felix hoped also that money should have been given
him of Paul, that he might loose (luo) him:”
26.
Romans 7:2“For the woman which hath an husband is bound
(deo) by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be
dead, she is loosed (katergeo) from the law of her husband.”
27.
I Corinthians 7:27, 39 “Art thou bound (deo) unto a
wife? Seek not to be loosed (lusis). Art thou loosed (luo)
from a wife: Seek not a wife. The wife is bound (deo) by the law
as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at
liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.”
28.
II Timothy 2:9 “Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even
unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound (deo).”
29.
Hebrews 13:3 “Remember them that are in bonds, as bound (sundeo)
with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the
body.”
30.
Revelation 5:2, 5 “And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a
loud voice, Who is worthy to pen the book, and to loose (luo) the
seals thereof? And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion
of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and
to loose (luo) the seven seals thereof.”
31.
Revelation 9:14-15 “Saying to the sixth angel which had the
trumpet, Loose (luo) the four angels which are bound (deo)
in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed (deo),
which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay
the third part of men.”
32.
Revelation 20:2-3, 7, 10 “And angel laid hold on the dragon, that
old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound (deo) him a
thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a
seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand
years should be fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed (luo)
a little season. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be
loosed (luo) out of his prison. And the devil that deceived them was
cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet
are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” |
