Reference: Bond
Easton
an obligation of any kind (Nu 30:2,4,12). The word means also oppression or affliction (Ps 116:16; Php 1:7). Christian love is the "bond of perfectness" (Col 3:14), and the influences of the Spirit are the "bond of peace" (Eph 4:3).
See Verses Found in Dictionary
if a man makes a vow for Yahweh or swears an oath with a binding pledge on himself, he must not render his word invalid; he must do all that went out from his mouth.
but if her father hears her vow or her pledge that she bound on herself and says nothing to her, then all her vows will stand, and every pledge that she binds on her life will stand.
But if her husband nullified them on the day he hears [them], all her vows going out of her lips concerning her vows or the pledge on herself will not stand; her husband has nullified them, and Yahweh will forgive her.
Ah, Yahweh, I [am] indeed your servant; I am your servant, the child of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.
being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;
just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, [since] both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you are sharers of grace with me.
And to all these [things] [add] love, which is [the] bond of perfection.
Hastings
1. See Band. 2. See Bill. 3. See Chain.