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How to Bind and Loose
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Jesus said in Matt 18:18, "Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." That is an awesome promise. We have been given some authority that we need to take very seriously.

I have heard many people binding satan and then one day I heard someone else loosing satan . How can you accomplish the exact same thing by binding and by loosing? It seems there was some confusion on the Biblical definitions of bind and loose. I compiled a list of all scriptures in the New Testament containing the words bind, binding, bound, loose, and loosed. I'm not going to tell you the conclusions I drew from my research. You can find out for yourself how God wants you to be binding and loosing.  (As you are studying, as in all things, ask God to show you what He wants you to believe!)

NOTE: There are a few places where I put in some comments. Those are italicized and placed in brackets. I also marked those that were the most helpful to me with **. The concordance numbers are in parenthesis and the concordance definitions are at the end.




BIND/BINDING

MATT 12:29-30 " Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first BIND (1210) the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. 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 (1210) them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."

MATT 16:19 " And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt BIND (1210) on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

MATT 18:18 " Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall BIND (1210) on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

MATT 22:13 " Then said the king to the servants, BIND (1210) him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

MATT 23:4 " For they BIND (1195) heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers."

MARK 3:27 " No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first BIND (1210) the strong man; and then he will spoil his house."

MARK 5:3 "Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could BIND (1210) him, no, not with chains."

ACTS 9:14 " And here [Saul/Paul] hath authority from the chief priests to BIND (1210) all that call on thy name [to have them killed]."

ACTS 12:8 " And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and BIND (5265) on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me."

ACTS 21:11 " And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem BIND (1210) the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles."

ACTS 22:4 " And I persecuted this way unto the death, BINDING (1195) and delivering into prisons both men and women."





BOUND

MATT 14:3 " For Herod had laid hold on John, and BOUND (1210) him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife."

MATT 16:19 " And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be BOUND (1210) in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

MATT 18:18 " Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be BOUND (1210) in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

MATT 27:2 " And when they had BOUND (1210) him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor."

MARK 5:4 " Because that he had been often BOUND (1210) 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."

MARK 6:17 " For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and BOUND (1210) him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her."

MARK 15:1 & 7 " And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and BOUND (1210) Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. And there was one named Barabbas, which lay BOUND (1210) with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection."

LUKE 8:29 " (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept BOUND (1196) with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)"

LUKE 10:34 " And went to him, and BOUND (2611) 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."

**LUKE 13:16 " And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom satan hath BOUND (1210), lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?"

JOHN 11:44 " And he that was dead came forth, BOUND (4019) hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was BOUND (4019) about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, loose him, and let him go."

JOHN 18:12 &24 " Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and BOUND (1210) him, Now Annas had sent him BOUND (1210) unto Caiaphas the high priest."

ACTS 9:2 " 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 (1210) unto Jerusalem."

ACTS 9:21 " 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, that he might bring them BOUND (1210) unto the chief priests?"

ACTS 12:6 " And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, BOUND (1210) with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison."

**ACTS 20:22 "And now, behold, I go BOUND (1210) in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there."

ACTS 21:11,13, & 33 " And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and BOUND (1210) his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind 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 (1210) only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be BOUND (1210) with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done."

ACTS 22:5 " As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there BOUND (1210) unto Jerusalem, for to be punished."

ACTS 22:25 & 29 " And as they BOUND (4385) him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had BOUND (1210) him."

**ACTS 23:12, 14, & 21"And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and BOUND (332) themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have BOUND (332) ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have BOUND (332) themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee."

ACTS 24:27 " But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul BOUND (1210)."

ACTS 28:20 " For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am BOUND (4029) with this chain."

**ROM 7:2 " For the woman which hath an husband is BOUND (1210) by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband."

**1COR 7:27 "Art thou BOUND (1210) unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. The wife is BOUND (1210) 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."

**2TIM 2:9 " Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not BOUND (1210)."

HEB 13:3 " Remember them that are in bonds, as BOUND (4887) with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body."

** 1COR 15:14 " Rv:9:14: Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, loose the four angels which are BOUND (1210) in the great river Euphrates." [I don't think they were tied up, perhaps told to remain there]

REV 20:2 " And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and satan , and BOUND (1210) him a thousand years." [Again, I don't think actually tied up, but forced to remain in the bottomless pit or rendered unable to leave-vs 3 says a seal was placed on the entrance]





Loose/Loosed/Unloose

MATT 16:19 " And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt LOOSE (3089) on earth shall be LOOSED (3089) in heaven."

MATT 18:18 " Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall LOOSE (3089) on earth shall be LOOSED (3089) in heaven."

MATT 18:27 "Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and LOOSED (3089) him, and forgave him the debt."

MATT 21:2 "Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: LOOSE (3089) them, and bring them unto me."

MARK 1:7 " And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and UNLOOSE (3089)."

MARK 7:35 " And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was LOOSED (3089), and he spake plain."

MARK 11:2 & 4 " And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; LOOSE (3089) him, and bring him. And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they LOOSE (3089) him."

**LUKE 1:64 " And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue LOOSED (3089), and he spake, and praised God."

LUKE 3:16 " John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to UNLOOSE (3089): he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire."

**LUKE 13:12 " And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art LOOSED (630) from thine infirmity."

LUKE 13:15 " The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath LOOSE (3089) his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?"

**LUKE 13:16 " And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be LOOSED (3089) from this bond on the sabbath day?"

LUKE 19:30-31 & 32 " Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: LOOSE (3089) him, and bring him hither. And if any man ask you, Why do ye LOOSE (3089) him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why LOOSE (3089) ye the colt?"

JOHN 1:27(see vs 1-4) " He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to UNLOOSE (3089)."

JOHN 11:44 "And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, LOOSE (3089) him, and let him go."

**ACTS 2:24 " Whom God hath raised up, having LOOSED (3089) the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it."

**ACTS 13:13 " Now when Paul and his company LOOSED (321) from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem."

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 (3089)."

ACTS 16:26 "And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were LOOSED (447)."

ACTS 22:30 " On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he LOOSED (3089) him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them."

ACTS 24:26 " He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might LOOSE (3089) him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him."

**ACTS 27:21 " But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have LOOSED (321) from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss."

ACTS 27:40 " And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and LOOSED (447) the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore."

**ROM 7:2 " For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is LOOSED (2673) from the law of her husband."

**1COR 7:27 " Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be LOOSED (3089). Art thou LOOSED (3089) from a wife? seek not a wife."

REV 5:2 " And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to LOOSE (3089) the seals thereof? [Seals are probably not tied, but attached]."

REV 5:5 " And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to LOOSE (3089) the seven seals thereof."

REV 9:14-15 " Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, LOOSE (3089) the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were LOOSED (3089), which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men." [I don't think they were tied up, perhaps told to remain there]

REV 20:3 & 7 " 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 (3089) a little season. And when the thousand years are expired, satan shall be LOOSED (3089) out of his prison."



Thayer's Concordance
Blue Letter Bible
BIND
1210 BIND/BOUND deo {deh'-o} Greek Text
a root; TDNT - 2:60,148; v
AV - bind 37, tie 4, knit 1, be in bonds 1, wind 1; 44

1) to bind tie, fasten
    1a) to bind, fasten with chains, to throw into chains
    1b) metaph.
      1b1) 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
      1b2) to bind, put under obligation, of the law, duty etc.
        1b2a) to be bound to one, a wife, a husband
      1b3) to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit
1195 BIND desmeuo {des-myoo'-o}
Greek Text

from a (presumed) derivative of 1196;; v
AV - bind 2; 2

1) to put in chains

2) to bind up, bind together
5265 BIND hupodeo {hoop-od-eh'-o}
Greek Text

from 5259 and 1210; TDNT - 5:310,702; v
AV - bind on 1, shod 1, be shod with 1; 3

1) to underbind

2) to bind under one's self, bind on
BINDING
1195 BINDING desmeuo {des-myoo'-o}
Greek Text

from a (presumed) derivative of 1196;; v
AV - bind 2; 2

1) to put in chains

2) to bind up, bind together
BOUND
1210 BIND/BOUND deo {deh'-o}
Greek Text

a root; TDNT - 2:60,148; v
AV - bind 37, tie 4, knit 1, be in bonds 1, wind 1; 44

1) to bind tie, fasten
    1a) to bind, fasten with chains, to throw into chains
    1b) metaph.
      1b1) 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
      1b2) to bind, put under obligation, of the law, duty etc.
        1b2a) to be bound to one, a wife, a husband
      1b3) to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit
1196 BOUNDdesmeo {des-meh'-o}
Greek Text

from 1199;; v
AV - bind 1; 1

1) to bind, tie
2611 BOUND katadeo {kat-ad-eh'-o}
Greek Text

from 2596 and 1210;; v
AV - bind up 1; 1

1) to bind up
4019 BOUND perideo {per-ee-deh'-o}
Greek Text

from 4012 and 1210;; v
AV - bind about 1; 1 1) to bind around, tie over
4385 BOUND proteino {prot-i'-no}
Greek Text

from 4253 and teino (to stretch);; v
AV - bind 1, vr bind 1; 2

1) to stretch forth, stretch out
    1a) when they had stretched one out on the thongs i.e. to receive the blows of the thongs (by tying him up to a beam or a pillar)
332 BOUND anathematizo {an-ath-em-at-id'-zo}
Greek Text

from 331; TDNT - 1:355,57; v
AV - curse 1, bind under a curse 1, bind with an oath 1, bind under a great curse + 331 1; 4

1) to devote to destruction

2) to declare one's self liable to the severest divine penalties
4029 BOUND perikeimai {per-ik'-i-mahee}
Greek Text

from 4012 and 2749; TDNT - 3:656,425; v
AV - be hanged 2, be bound with 1, be compassed with 1, be compassed about with + 2192 1; 5

1) to lie around

2) to be compassed with, have round one
3784 BOUND opheilo {of-i'-lo}
Greek Text

or (in certain tenses) its prolonged form opheileo {of-i-leh'-o};
probably from the base of 3786 (through the idea of accruing);
TDNT - 5:559,746; v
AV - ought 15, owe 7, be bound 2, be (one's) duty 2, be a debtor 1, be guilty 1, be indebted 1, misc 7; 36

1) to owe
    1a) to owe money, be in debt for
      1a1) that which is due, the debt
2) metaph. the goodwill due
4887 BOUND sundeo {soon-deh'-o}
Greek Text

from 4862 and 1210;; v
AV - bound with 1; 1

1) to tie together, to bind together

2) to bind or fasten on all sides

3) to bind just as (i.e. jointly with) another
LOOSE/UNLOOSE
3089 LOOSE/LOOSED/UNLOOSEluo {loo'-o}
Greek Text

a root word; TDNT - 2:60 & 4:328,543; v
AV - loose 27, break 5, unloose 3, destroy 2, dissolve 2, put off 1, melt 1, break up 1, break down 1; 43

1) to loose any person (or thing) tied or fastened
    1a) bandages of the feet, the shoes,
    1b) of a husband and wife joined together by the bond of matrimony
    1c) of a single man, whether he has already had a wife or has not yet married
2) to loose one bound, i.e. to unbind, release from bonds, set free
    2a) of one bound up (swathed in bandages)
    2b) bound with chains (a prisoner), discharge from prison, let go
3) to loosen, undo, dissolve, anything bound, tied, or compacted together
    3a) an assembly, i.e. to dismiss, break up
    3b) laws, as having a binding force, are likened to bonds
    3c) to annul, subvert
    3d) to do away with, to deprive of authority, whether by precept or act
    3e) to declare unlawful
    3f) to loose what is compacted or built together, to break up, demolish, destroy
    3g) to dissolve something coherent into parts, to destroy
    3h) metaph., to overthrow, to do away with
LOOSED
3089 LOOSE/LOOSED/UNLOOSEluo {loo'-o}
Greek Text

a root word; TDNT - 2:60 & 4:328,543; v
AV - loose 27, break 5, unloose 3, destroy 2, dissolve 2, put off 1, melt 1, break up 1, break down 1; 43

1) to loose any person (or thing) tied or fastened
    1a) bandages of the feet, the shoes,
    1b) of a husband and wife joined together by the bond of matrimony
    1c) of a single man, whether he has already had a wife or has not yet married
2) to loose one bound, i.e. to unbind, release from bonds, set free
    2a) of one bound up (swathed in bandages)
    2b) bound with chains (a prisoner), discharge from prison, let go
3) to loosen, undo, dissolve, anything bound, tied, or compacted together
    3a) an assembly, i.e. to dismiss, break up
    3b) laws, as having a binding force, are likened to bonds
    3c) to annul, subvert
    3d) to do away with, to deprive of authority, whether by precept or act
    3e) to declare unlawful
    3f) to loose what is compacted or built together, to break up, demolish, destroy
    3g) to dissolve something coherent into parts, to destroy
    3h) metaph., to overthrow, to do away with
630 LOOSED apoluo {ap-ol-oo'-o}
Greek Text

from 575 and 3089;; v
AV - release 17, put away 14, send away 13, let go 13, set at liberty 2, let depart 2, dismiss 2, misc 6; 69

1) to set free

2) to let go, dismiss, (to detain no longer)
    2a) a petitioner to whom liberty to depart is given by a decisive answer
    2b) to bid depart, send away
3) to let go free, release
    3a) a captive i.e. to loose his bonds and bid him depart, to give him liberty to depart
    3b) to acquit one accused of a crime and set him at liberty
    3c) indulgently to grant a prisoner leave to depart
    3d) to release a debtor, i.e. not to press one's claim against him, to remit his debt
4) used of divorce, to dismiss from the house, to repudiate. The wife of a Greek or Roman may divorce her husband. 5) to send one's self away, to depart
321 anago LOOSED {an-ag'-o}
Greek Text

from 303 and 71;; v
AV - bring 3, loose 3, sail 3, launch 3, depart 3, misc 9; 24

1) to lead up, to lead or bring into a higher place

2) of navigators: launch out, set sail, put to sea
447 LOOSED aniemi {an-ee'-ay-mee}
Greek Text

from 303 and hiemi (to send); TDNT - 1:367,60; v
AV - loose 2, forbear 1, leave 1; 4

1) to send back, relax, loosen

2) to give up, omit, calm

3) to leave, not to uphold, to let sink
2673 LOOSED katargeo {kat-arg-eh'-o}
Greek Text

from 2596 and 691; TDNT - 1:452,76; v
AV - destroy 5, do away 3, abolish 3, cumber 1, loose 1, cease 1, fall 1, deliver 1, misc 11; 27

1) to render idle, unemployed, inactivate, inoperative
    1a) to cause a person or thing to have no further efficiency
    1b) to deprive of force, influence, power
2) to cause to cease, put an end to, do away with, annul, abolish
    2a) to cease, to pass away, be done away
    2b) to be severed from, separated from, discharged from, loosed from any one
    2c) to terminate all intercourse with one



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