BOND.1. See Band. 2. See Bill. 3. See Chain.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
See BAND; BILL; CHAIN.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Bondage
Bond, Bondage [SLAVE]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Bond
(אֵָסר, esar', or אַסָּר, issar', a moral obligation; δεσμός, a physical means of restraint) is used for an obligation of any kind in Num_30:2; Num_30:4; Num_30:12, SEE VOW; metaphorically, the word signifies oppression, captivity, affliction (Psa_116:16; Php_1:7). SEE CAPTIVITY. The influences of the Holy Spirit are called the bond of peace (Eph_4:3). Charity or Christian love is called the bond of perfectness, because it completes the Christian character (Col_3:14). Bonds are also bands or chains worn by prisoners (Act_20:23; Act_25:14) bound or subjected to slavery (1Co_12:13; Rev_6:15). SEE PRISON.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.