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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Fetter.

Strong's Hebrew

4575b. maadannoth -- perhaps in bonds or fetters
... 4575a, 4575b. maadannoth. 4576 . perhaps in bonds or fetters. Transliteration:
maadannoth Short Definition: cheerfully. Word Origin ...
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5178. nechosheth -- copper, bronze
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition copper, bronze NASB Word Usage brass
(2), bronze (130), bronze chains (1), bronze fetters (2), chain (1), copper ...
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3525. kebel -- a fetter
... 3524, 3525. kebel. 3526 . a fetter. Transliteration: kebel Phonetic
Spelling: (keh'-bel) Short Definition: fetters. Word Origin ...
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5914. ekes -- an anklet, bangle
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition an anklet, bangle NASB Word
Usage anklets (1), fetters (1). stocks, tinkling ornament. ...
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5913. akas -- to shake bangles, rattle, tinkle
... A primitive root; properly, to tie, specifically, with fetters; but used only as
denominative from ekec; to put on anklets -- make a tinkling ornament. ...
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4147. moser -- a band, bond
... Word Origin from asar Definition a band, bond NASB Word Usage bands (1), bond (1),
bonds (6), chains (1), fetters (2), shackles (1). band, bond. ...
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2203b. zeq -- a fetter
... zeq. 2204 . a fetter. Transliteration: zeq Short Definition: chains. Word Origin
from an unused word Definition a fetter NASB Word Usage chains (2), fetters ( ...
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Library

Now Then, O My Helper, Hadst Thou Loosed Me from those Fetters...
... Book VII Chapter VII Now then, O my Helper, hadst Thou loosed me from
those fetters� Now then, O my Helper, hadst Thou loosed ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter vii now then o.htm

The Reconnoitering of Greece.
... of Darius."He sends for Democedes."Democedes's denial."He treats the sprain
successfully."Darius's recovery."The golden fetters."Democedes released ...
/.../abbott/darius the great/chapter vi the reconnoitering of.htm

The Lord of Demons
... spirit, 3. Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no,
not with chains: 4. Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains ...
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Jesus Heals Two Gergesene Demoniacs.
... caves which were used as tombs.] ^b and no man could any more bind him, no, not
with a chain; 4 because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lvi jesus heals two gergesene.htm

Man's Misery by the Fall
... is called The prince of the power of the air.' Ephesians 2:2. Before the fall man
was a free denizen, now a slave; before, a king on the throne, now in fetters ...
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Psalm CXLIX.
... 10. "That they may bind their kings in fetters, and their nobles in bonds of iron ...
How then do we understand their being bound in fetters and chains of iron? ...
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It is with no Loss or Disparagement Therefore of his Divine Nature ...
... It is as if a king were to proceed to a prison, and to go in and open the doors,
undo the fetters, break in pieces the chains, the bars, and the bolts, and ...
/.../17 it is with no.htm

Appendix xix. On Eternal Punishment, According to the Rabbis and ...
... his death eternal death,' while as regarded God and His judgment: if He is angry
with me, His Wrath is an Eternal Wrath, if He binds me in fetters, His fetters ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix xix on eternal punishment.htm

Against Excessive Fondness for Jewels and Gold Ornaments.
... The ungraceful things round the feet of women, Philemon in the Synephebus called
ankle-fetters:". ... Fetters, seals, chains, rings, powders,. ...
/.../the instructor paedagogus/chapter xiiiagainst excessive fondness for.htm

Lord of Life and Love
... spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not
with chains: because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and ...
/.../mark/jesus of nazareth a biography/chapter v lord of life.htm

Thesaurus

Fetters (21 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Fetters (21 Occurrences). ... For the unclean spirit had often
seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. ...
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Shackles (14 Occurrences)
... Mark 5:4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains
had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. ...
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Bindeth (25 Occurrences)
... 25:7 And the sons of Zedekiah they have slaughtered before his eyes, and the eyes
of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and bindeth him with brazen fetters, and they ...
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Often (74 Occurrences)
... Mark 5:4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains
had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. ...
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Fetter (4 Occurrences)
... restraint. 3. (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine
the feet of with a chain; to bind. 4. (p. pr. & vb. n ...
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Blinded (15 Occurrences)
... 25:7 And the sons of Zedekiah they have slaughtered before his eyes, and the eyes
of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and bindeth him with brazen fetters, and they ...
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Chained (9 Occurrences)
... Mark 5:4 because that he many times with fetters and chains had been bound, and
pulled in pieces by him had been the chains, and the fetters broken in pieces ...
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Chain (21 Occurrences)
... (3.) Chains were also used as fetters wherewith prisoners were ... 2. (n.) That which
confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit. ...
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Bound (175 Occurrences)
... (v.) imp. & pp of Bind. 14. (pp & a.) Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters,
or the like. 15. ... He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. ...
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Broke (153 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Mark 5:4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and
the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. ...
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Bible Concordance

Fetters (21 Occurrences)

Mark 5:4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 8:29 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Acts 16:26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were loosened.
(See RSV)

Colossians 4:18 The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
(See RSV)

2 Timothy 2:9 in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained.
(See RSV)

Judges 16:21 The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

2 Samuel 3:34 Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell." All the people wept again over him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Kings 25:7 They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 33:11 Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

2 Chronicles 36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Job 36:8 If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 36:13 "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.
(See NIV)

Psalms 2:3 "Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us."
(See NAS NIV)

Psalms 105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 7:22 He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
(ASV JPS NAS)

Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 28:22 And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 39:7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 52:11 He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Nahum 3:10 Even she doth become an exile, She hath gone into captivity, Even her sucklings are dashed to pieces At the top of all out-places, And for her honoured ones they cast a lot, And all her great ones have been bound in fetters.
(YLT NAS)

Subtopics

Fetters

Fetters used for Securing Prisoners

Fetters: Made of Brass (Bronze)

Related Terms

Shackles (14 Occurrences)

Bindeth (25 Occurrences)

Often (74 Occurrences)

Fetter (4 Occurrences)

Blinded (15 Occurrences)

Chained (9 Occurrences)

Chain (21 Occurrences)