Thematic Bible: Cord
Thematic Bible
Cord » Ancient uses of » Measuring ground
He also smote those of Moab and measured them with a line, causing them to lie down on the ground, and he measured them with two lines, with one to put to death and the other full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's slaves, bringing presents.
And the sons of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people and that the LORD has blessed me as such until now?
He cast out the Gentiles also before them and divided them an inheritance by line and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their habitations.
Therefore thus hath the LORD said; 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 by lots; and thou shalt die in a polluted land; and Israel shall surely go into captivity from his land.
I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Cord » Ancient uses of » Fastening tents
the stakes of the tabernacle and the stakes of the court, and their cords,
The hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, its cords and its stakes, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tabernacle of the testimony,
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
Cord » Symbolical uses of » Token in mourning
Then his slaves said unto 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; peradventure he will give thee thy life. So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads and came to the king of Israel and said, Thy slave Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he replied, If he is yet alive, he is my brother. Now these men took this as a good omen and quickly took this word from his mouth, and they said, Thy brother Benhadad! And he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him, and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
And if they were bound in fetters and captive in cords of affliction,
Cord » Ancient uses of » Leading or binding animals
God is the LORD, who has shined on us; bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
I drew them with human cords, with bands of love, and I was to them as those that raise the yoke from upon their cheeks, and I fed them.
Cord » Figurative » Of friendship
I drew them with human cords, with bands of love, and I was to them as those that raise the yoke from upon their cheeks, and I fed them.
And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Cord » Symbolical uses of » Signifying an inheritance
And the sons of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people and that the LORD has blessed me as such until now?
Cord » Ancient uses of » Worn on the head as a sign of submission
Then his slaves said unto 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; peradventure he will give thee thy life.
Cord » Ancient uses of » Hitching to cart or plough
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Cord » Ancient uses of » Binding prisoners
And they answered him, saying, No, we will bind thee fast and deliver thee into their hands; but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords and brought him up from the rock.
Cord » Ancient uses of » In casting lots
Therefore thou shalt have no one to cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.
Cord » Figurative » Of spiritual blessings
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a beautiful inheritance.
Cord » Figurative » Of life
before the silver chain is broken, and the golden bowl is broken, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel is broken at the cistern;
Cord » Figurative » Of sin
His own iniquities shall take hold of the wicked, and he shall be imprisoned with the cords of his sins.