Thematic Bible: Cord
Thematic Bible
Cord » Ancient uses of » Measuring ground
And he beat the Moabites and measured them with a line, making them lie along the earth; so that he brought two parts of them to death, and let one part live. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and paid tribute.
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, "Why hast thou given us but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing we be much people, and forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed us so?"
He cast out the heathen before them, caused their land to be divided among them for a heritage, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Wherefore thus sayeth the LORD, 'Thy wife shall be defiled in the city, thy sons and daughters shall be slain with the sword, and thy land shall be measured out with the line. Thou thyself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall be driven out of his own country."
I lift up mine eyes again, and looked and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Cord » Ancient uses of » Fastening tents
the pins of the habitation and the pins of the court with their boards;
and the hangings of the court with his pillars and sockets, and the hanging to the court gate, his boards and pins, and all the ordinance that serveth to the habitation of the tabernacle of witness,
Make thy tent wider, and spread out the hangings of thine habitation: spare not, lay forth thy cords, and make fast thy stakes:
Cord » Symbolical uses of » Token in mourning
Then said his servants unto him, "Behold, we have heard say that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sack cloth about our Loins and ropes about our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: haply he will save thy life." And they girded sack cloth about their loins and put ropes about their heads, and went out to the king of Israel and said, "Thy servant Benhadad sayeth, 'I pray thee let me live.'" And he said, "Is he yet alive? He is my brother." And they took the word for good luck and hastily caught it out of his mouth, and said, "Yea, thy brother Benhadad." Then he said, "Go and bring him." And Benhadad came out to him, and the other took him up into the chariot.
But if they be laid in prison and chains, or bound with the bonds of poverty:
Cord » Ancient uses of » Leading or binding animals
God is the LORD, and hath showed us light; O garnish the solemn feast with green branches, even unto the horns of the altar.
I led them with cords of friendship, and with bands of love. I was even he, that laid the yoke upon their necks. I gave them their fodder myself,
Cord » Figurative » Of friendship
I led them with cords of friendship, and with bands of love. I was even he, that laid the yoke upon their necks. I gave them their fodder myself,
One may be overcome, but two may make resistance: A threefold cable is not lightly broken.
Cord » Symbolical uses of » Signifying an inheritance
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, "Why hast thou given us but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing we be much people, and forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed us so?"
Cord » Ancient uses of » Worn on the head as a sign of submission
Then said his servants unto him, "Behold, we have heard say that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sack cloth about our Loins and ropes about our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: haply he will save thy life."
Cord » Ancient uses of » Hitching to cart or plough
Canst thou bind the yoke about him in thy furrows, to make him plow after thee in the valleys?
Cord » Ancient uses of » Binding prisoners
And they said, "We will not hurt thee, save only bind thee and deliver thee unto their hands: But we will not kill thee." And so they bound him with two new cords and brought him up from the rock.
Cord » Ancient uses of » In casting lots
Nevertheless there shall be no man to divide thee thy portion in the congregation of the LORD.
Cord » Figurative » Of spiritual blessings
The lot is fallen unto me in fair ground; yea I have a goodly heritage.
Cord » Figurative » Of life
Before the silver lace be taken away, and or the golden band be broken; or the pot be broken at the well, and the wheel upon the cistern;
Cord » Figurative » Of sin
The wickedness of the ungodly shall catch himself, and with the snares of his own sins shall he be trapped.