Words the Bible translates as chains
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- desmosδεσμόςa bond or fetter: something that ties a person up, and by extension the imprisonment those bonds stand for.
- moserמוֹסֵרa bond: the strap, rope, or shackle that ties something down, and so any hold that keeps a person or a nation in servitude
- ziqahזֵקchains: the metal restraints put on a prisoner or a captive
+1 more meaning
- burning missiles: flaming shafts or brands that a person shoots or carries
- ḥaḥחַחa metal hook or ring put through something to hold it: the ring set in a captive's nose or jaws to lead him, and the small gold ring worn as an ornament
- aziqqimאֲזֵקchainsnot studied yet
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