Thematic Bible: Cord
Thematic Bible
Cord » Ancient uses of » Measuring ground
And he smote the Moabites, and measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me as inheritance one lot and one portion, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed me hitherto?
And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided with the line; and thou shalt die in a land that is unclean; and Israel shall certainly go into captivity, out of his land.
And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Cord » Ancient uses of » Fastening tents
the pegs of the tabernacle, and the pegs of the court, and their cords;
the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases; and the curtain for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs; and all the vessel's of service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
Cord » Symbolical uses of » Token in mourning
And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save thy life. And they girded sackcloth on their loins, and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-Hadad says, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. And the men took it as a good omen, and hastened to catch what came from him, and they said, Thy brother Ben-Hadad. ... And he said, Go, bring him. And Ben-Hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
Cord » Ancient uses of » Leading or binding animals
Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar.
I drew them with bands of a man, with cords of love; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I gently caused them to eat.
Cord » Figurative » Of friendship
I drew them with bands of a man, with cords of love; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I gently caused them to eat.
And if a man overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Cord » Symbolical uses of » Signifying an inheritance
And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me as inheritance one lot and one portion, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed me hitherto?
Cord » Ancient uses of » Worn on the head as a sign of submission
And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save thy life.
Cord » Ancient uses of » Hitching to cart or plough
Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Cord » Ancient uses of » Binding prisoners
They said to him, "No; we will only bind you and give you into their hands; we will not kill you." So they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
Cord » Ancient uses of » In casting lots
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the measuring line upon a lot, in the congregation of Jehovah.
Cord » Figurative » Of spiritual blessings
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Cord » Figurative » Of life
before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern;
Cord » Figurative » Of sin
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.