Found mainly in Matthew-Acts, but also used in Rom. 7:2; 1 Cor. 7:27, 39; Col. 4:3; 2 Tim. 2:9; Rev. 9:14; 20:2, the Greek verb “deo” meant “tie,” “forbid,” “bind.” Jesus used this word when speaking about the apostles “binding” matters on earth (Mt.
16:19; 18:18). Jesus also applied this word to a “tied” animal (Mt. 21:2). The dead were “bound” in grave clothes (Jn. 11:44). Some Christians were “bound” (Acts 9:2). Paul associated this word with marriage in 1 Cor. 7:27, 39. God’s word is not “bound” (2 Tim. 2:9). John spoke of Satan being “bound” for a “thousand years” (Rev. 20:2).