συνδέω, bind or tie together, of two or more things, συνέδησα πόδας δεινοῖο πελώρου Od. 10.168; σὺν δὲ πόδας χεῖράς τε δέον 22.189; οἶνος ς. πόδας χεῖράς τε γλῶσσάν τε νόον τε Hes. Fr. 121; τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας Pl. Euthphr. 4c; ς. γαύλους bind them together, side by side, Hdt. 8.97, cf. Plb. 1.22.9; δέλτον λύειν καὶ ς. fasten it up, E. IA 110; act as binding material, ὁ συνδέων πηλός CPR 232.17 (ii/iii A.D.): - Pass., τὰς χεῖρας συνεδέθησαν had their hands tied together, Demad. 13; ἰσχία μὴ συνδεδεμένα flanks not well-knit, of dogs, X. Cyn. 4.1, cf. Arist. Pr. 873a33.
2. of persons, bind hand and foot, ὁππότε μιν ξυνδῆσαι Ὀλύμπιοι ἤθελον ἄλλοι Il. 1.399, cf. Hdt. 9.119, S. Aj. 62, Ph. 1016, E. Cyc. 238, etc.; λαγὼς αὐτὸς ς. ἑαυτόν entangles itself, X Cyr. 1.6.40: - Pass., συνδεδεμένος constrained, cramped, Philostr. Im. 2.21. bind up a wound, σφενδόνῃ with.., Il. 13.599.
3. bind up with, combine closely, σάρκας ὀστοῖς Pl. Ti. 84a, cf. 73b, Smp. 202e, Tht. 160b; also τι ἀπό τινος Luc. Syr.D. 29; of parts growing together, Hp. Mul. 1.40.
4. generally, bind together, unite, [ ἰσότης] φίλους φίλοις πόλεις τε πόλεσι συμμάχους τε συμμάχοις ς. E. Ph. 538; τὸ κοινὸν συνδεῖ τὰς πόλεις Pl. Lg. 875a; ἡδονῆς καὶ λύπης κοινωνία συνδεῖ Id. R. 462b; ς. καὶ συνέχειν Id. Phd. 99c; ς. τινὰ πενίᾳ bind him to.., Alciphr. 3.49.
5. connect, opp. διαζευγνύω, A.D. Conj. 214.6, al.
II Med., σύνδησαι πέπλους gird up thy robes, E. Andr. 832 (lyr., Reiske for πέπλοις).
2. have things bound together, Ti. Locr. 99a, Them. Or. 4.59a.
3. unite themselves, form a union, πρὸς παίδων γέννησιν Pl. Plt. 310b, cf. Betion ap. D.L. 4.54.
G4887 — συνδέω
: in Greek authors from Homer down;
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: perfect passive participle ὡς συνδεδεμένοι, as fellow-prisoners (A. V. as bound with them), [Heb 13:3] (συνδεδεμενος τῷ ὀινοχόω, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 3).