A verb meaning to bind or tie things together, closely related to δεσμεύω. The lexicons note it as non-Attic, appearing in New Testament and later Greek texts. Active voice uses describe the action of binding or fastening something. The passive voice indicates being bound or tied up. In medical contexts, it can describe joints undergoing ankylosis—becoming abnormally stiff or fused, as if bound together. The word carries the basic sense of creating connections or constraints through binding.