Lexicon
δέσμη
desmē
G1197
G:N-F Greek

bundle

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desme denotes grouped items bound together in the harvest scene of Matthew 13:30.

The attested use denotes items gathered and bound together in the harvest instruction of Matthew 13:30.

Senses in use

  1. Items bound together for burning · dominant

    In Matthew 13:30, the accusative plural feminine form occurs in the instruction to collect the weeds and bind them before burning; the APB renders the clause "bind them into bundles to burn them."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Matthew 13:30, the APB presents the clause as "bind them into bundles to burn them." This wording confirms the scene's grouping and binding without isolating each English word to the lemma.

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