deo most often marks what must or ought to happen, and in other clauses describes people being bound or appeals made in prayer.

The supplied verses most often use δεῖ and ἔδει to state what is necessary, required, or appropriate in an action or outcome. Other forms describe literal or custodial binding, including chains, imprisonment, and marital attachment; a smaller group occurs in clauses of praying or imploring.

1. Necessity, requirement, or what is fitting · dominant

   Present active δεῖ marks required action or outcome: in Acts 16:30 the APB renders the question, "what must I do to be saved?"; in 1 Timothy 3:2 it introduces qualifications for an overseer; and in Acts 27:24 it states that Paul must stand before Caesar. The imperfect active ἔδει likewise frames what had to occur in Acts 17:3, where the APB renders that the Christ "had to suffer and to rise from the dead."

   Acts 16:301 Timothy 3:2Acts 27:24Acts 17:31 Corinthians 15:252 Peter 3:11
2. Literal or custodial binding · common

   Perfect passive forms describe an existing state of being bound: in Acts 12:6 Peter is between soldiers "bound with two chains," and in Colossians 4:3 the APB says, "I am also bound." Active forms describe the act itself: in John 18:12 those who seized Jesus "bound him," while Acts 21:11 depicts the binding of feet and hands.

   Acts 12:6Colossians 4:3John 18:12Acts 21:11Acts 22:5Acts 9:14
3. Bound in a marital relation · occasional

   In 1 Corinthians 7:27 the perfect passive form occurs in the question, "Are you bound to a wife?" In 1 Corinthians 7:39 the same kind of form describes a wife as bound while her husband lives, contrasted with being free to marry after his death.

   1 Corinthians 7:271 Corinthians 7:39
4. Prayer or earnest appeal · rare

   Middle forms occur in appeals directed to God or others: Acts 10:2 describes a devout man "praying to God continually," and 2 Corinthians 5:20 says, "we implore on behalf of Christ." In Acts 8:24, the addressed plural form stands in Simon's request, "Pray to the Lord for me."

   Acts 10:22 Corinthians 5:20Acts 8:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies with the surrounding clause, rendering necessity with "must," "ought," or "necessary," and binding with "bound" or "binding." It also renders the appeal clauses as "praying," "implore," and "Pray,".