44 occurrences

'Bound' in the Bible

One of the survivors came and told Abram the Hebrew, who lived near the oaks belonging to Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner. They were bound by a treaty with Abram.

Verse ConceptsAlliancesAbraham, Characteristics OfAllegiancesOaksOthers Who FledTelling Of Happenings

When they arrived at the place that God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.

Verse ConceptsAltarsAbrahamBindingPutting In OrderBuilding AltarsFirewoodTying Up

He turned away from them and wept. Then he turned back and spoke to them. He took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessTying Up

The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he was forced to grind grain in the prison.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGrindingImprisonmentsKnivesMonotonyMutilationPrisonersTortureCaptivesHeartlessnessHard LaborPrisonsBrassGrinding FoodEyes HarmedBlindingOther BlindingBronze Shackles

Your hands were not bound,your feet not placed in bronze shackles.You fell like one who falls victim to criminals.And all the people wept over him even more.

Verse ConceptsWeepingTying UpBronze Shackles

They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes. Finally, the king of Babylon blinded Zedekiah, bound him in bronze chains, and took him to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesUnkindnessDisfigurementBrassBlindingOther BlindingKilling Sons And DaughtersBronze Shackles

So He brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsNosesPrisonersBronze Shackles

Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked him and bound him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsBronze Shackles

For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

the Jews bound themselves, their descendants, and all who joined with them to a commitment that they would not fail to celebrate these two days each and every year according to the written instructions and according to the time appointed.

Verse ConceptsPurim

If people are bound with chainsand trapped by the cords of affliction,

Who has gone up to heaven and come down?Who has gathered the wind in His hands?Who has bound up the waters in a cloak?Who has established all the ends of the earth?What is His name,and what is the name of His Son—if you know?

Verse ConceptsCreatorCloaksBindingDivine Power Over NatureClimates, TypesCovering The EarthGoing Up To HeavenGod Going DownGod Dispensing WindKnowingWhat Is God's Name?

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, released him at Ramah. When he found him, he was bound in chains with all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsExile Of Judah To BabylonPeople Set Free By People

Then he blinded Zedekiah and bound him with bronze chains. The king of Babylon brought Zedekiah to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPrisonsLifelongKings ExiledBlindingOther BlindingBronze Shackles

They were your merchants in choice garments, cloaks of blue and embroidered materials, and multicolored carpets, which were bound and secured with cords in your marketplace.

Verse ConceptsBeauty, In ArtefactsClothing, Kinds OfMarketsRich ApparelCommerceBlue ClothMulti ColouredColorreinforcement

And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell, bound, into the furnace of blazing fire.

Verse ConceptsPeople TumblingFurnacesTying Upteenagerjumpingstories

Then King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in alarm. He said to his advisers, “Didn’t we throw three men, bound, into the fire?”“Yes, of course, Your Majesty,” they replied to the king.

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToAmazement, Of God's ActionsAstonishmentThree MenHasty ActionPeople Getting UpTying Up

They bound on the tops of the mountains.Their sound is like the sound of chariots,like the sound of fiery flames consuming stubble,like a mighty army deployed for war.

Verse ConceptsNoiseLeapingWheelsAttacking With ChariotsCreatures JumpingBurning PlantsBangsRumbling

Yet she became an exile;she went into captivity.Her children were also dashed to piecesat the head of every street.They cast lots for her dignitaries,and all her nobles were bound in chains.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofChainsNoblesPeople Cut In PiecesExiled ForeignersStriking To DeathTragedy On The StreetsChildren Suffering

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth is already bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in heaven.”

Verse ConceptsExcommunicationequipping, physicalKeysKingdom Of HeavenBelonging To HeavenTying Uporganization

I assure you: Whatever you bind on earth is already bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in heaven.

Verse ConceptsBelonging To HeavenTying UpEarthmath

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the sanctuary, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gold of the sanctuary is bound by his oath.’

Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongStatus Of The TempleUnimportant ThingsSwearing

Also, ‘Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it means nothing. But whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is bound by his oath.’

Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongOffering SacrificesUnimportant ThingsSwearing

because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had snapped off the chains and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

Verse ConceptsChainsIron ChainsNo Strength To CopeBreaking Chains

For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was guarded, bound by chains and shackles, he would snap the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

Verse ConceptsChainsDemons, Nature OfRestlessnessSatan, Character OfIron ChainsLiving In The WildernessJesus Casting Out DemonsBreaking Chains

The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him and let him go.”

Verse ConceptsThe DeadClothembalmingBurials, FeaturesCovering NakednessLinenNapkinsTying Uplazarus

Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

Verse ConceptsTying Up

On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.

Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail

“And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, bound in my spirit, not knowing what I will encounter there,

Verse ConceptsFutureHuman IgnoranceBindingWithheld KnowledgeGuidance Of The Holy SpiritNot Knowing The FutureLed By The Spirit

Then the commander came up, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofChainsIron ChainsInterrogatingWho Is This?What Do You Do?Two Other Things

Therefore, those who were about to examine him withdrew from him at once. The commander too was alarmed when he realized Paul was a Roman citizen and he had bound him.

Verse ConceptsChainsTying UpCitizens

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse: neither to eat nor to drink until they had killed Paul.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfMorningRevenge, Examples OfPlottingVindictivenessAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleVowing To FastPeople Bound By OathsConspiracySwearing

These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won’t eat anything until we have killed Paul.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersChief priestsTasteAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleVowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”

Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingAmbushPreparing For ActionFortiesAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleDo Not Listen!Vowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Verse ConceptsAvoid DivorceUnmarriedMarriage KjvBeing Singlespousemarraigematrimony

I suffer for it to the point of being bound like a criminal, but God’s message is not bound.

Verse ConceptsChainsPersecution Of The Apostle PaulSufferingThe Word Of GodHardshipjail

say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels bound at the great river Euphrates.”

Verse ConceptsFour AngelsFractions, One SixthSixthEvil AngelsRiver Euphrates

Bible Theasaurus

Adhere (43 instances)
Attach (19 instances)
Bandage (6 instances)
Bandaged (4 instances)
Border (246 instances)
Boundary (104 instances)
Bounds (15 instances)
Confine (14 instances)
Destined (45 instances)
Indentured (3 instances)
Obligate (2 instances)
Oblige (2 instances)
Recoil (2 instances)
Restrict (1 instance)
Reverberate (1 instance)
Stick (65 instances)
Unerring (2 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אסיר 
'aciyr 
Usage: 14

אפד 
'aphad 
Usage: 2

גּבל גּבוּל 
G@buwl 
Usage: 240

גּבלה גּבוּלה 
G@buwlah 
Usage: 10

חק 
Choq 
Usage: 127

יסר 
Yacar 
Usage: 43

מזר מזור 
Mazowr 
wound , bound up
Usage: 3

עקד 
`aqad 
Usage: 1

פּתיל 
Pathiyl 
Usage: 11

צרר 
Tsarar 
Usage: 54

רתק 
Rathaq 
Usage: 1

שׂקד 
Saqad 
Usage: 1

תּאוה 
Ta'avah 
Usage: 1

ὁροθεσία 
Horothesia 
Usage: 1

ὀφείλω ὀφειλέω 
Opheilo 
ought , owe , be bound , be duty , be a debtor , be guilty , be indebted ,
Usage: 24

περίκειμαι 
Perikeimai 
be hanged , be bound with , be compassed with , be compassed about with Trans
Usage: 2

συνδέω 
sundeo 
bound with
Usage: 1

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