Easton's Bible Dictionary: Bands
<< Bamoth-baal
Bands
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(1) of love (
Hosea 11:4
); (2) of Christ (
Psalm 2:3
); (3) uniting together Christ's body the church (
Colossians 2:19
;
3:14
;
Ephesians 4:3
); (4) the emblem of the captivity of Israel (
Ezek. 34:27
;
Isaiah 28:22
;
52:2
); (5) of brotherhood (
Ezek. 37:15
-28); (6) no bands to the wicked in their death (
Psalm 73:4
;
Job 21:7
;
Psalm 10:6
). Also denotes chains (
Luke 8:29
); companies of soldiers (
Acts 21:31
); a shepherd's staff, indicating the union between Judah and Israel (
Zechariah 11:7
).
Easton's Bible Dictionary
