ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figurativ

: metaph., ; , (for this expression in , v. Deiss., , 306 ff.; of actual bonds, v. Ruth., , 9). Pl., , ; (as also in cl.), , ; gen., dat., , , , , , , , , , ; .† a band, bond Lk 13:16 Mk 7:35 Phl 1:13 Lk 8:29 Ac 16:26 20:23 Ac 23:29 26:29 31 Phl 1:7 14 17 Col 4:18 II Ti 2:9 Phm 10 He 11:36 Ju 6 Phm 13 ὁ δεσμὸς τ. γλώσσης π. δεσμοί δεσμά ἐν τοῖς δ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου LAE Gr.

a band, i.e. ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively, an impediment or disability

band, bond, chain, string