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The term "fastened" in the Bible often refers to the act of fixing, securing, or attaching something firmly in place. This concept appears in various contexts throughout the Scriptures, illustrating both physical and spiritual truths.

1. Physical Fastening: In the Old Testament, the idea of fastening is frequently associated with construction and craftsmanship. For example, in the building of the Tabernacle and the Temple, various elements were fastened together to ensure stability and durability. In Exodus 26:17, the boards of the Tabernacle are described as having "two tenons, joined to one another," indicating a secure fastening. This meticulous attention to detail underscores the importance of creating a dwelling place for God's presence that is both beautiful and enduring.

2. Idolatry and False Security: The prophets often use the imagery of fastening to critique idolatry. In Isaiah 41:7, the prophet describes how craftsmen "fasten it with nails so that it will not totter," referring to the making of idols. This highlights the futility of worshiping man-made objects that require human effort to remain upright, contrasting sharply with the living God who needs no such support.

3. Spiritual Fastening: In the New Testament, the concept of fastening takes on a spiritual dimension. In Acts 3:4, Peter and John, upon encountering a lame man at the temple gate, "looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, 'Look at us!'" Here, the act of fastening their gaze signifies a moment of divine encounter and the impartation of healing power. This suggests that spiritual attentiveness and focus can lead to transformative experiences.

4. Christ's Crucifixion: The ultimate act of fastening in the Christian narrative is the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In Acts 2:23, Peter speaks of Jesus being "handed over by God's set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross." The physical act of fastening Jesus to the cross is central to the Christian understanding of atonement, symbolizing the binding of sin and the securing of salvation for believers.

5. Moral and Ethical Implications: The concept of fastening also carries moral and ethical implications. Believers are called to fasten themselves to the teachings of Christ and the truth of the Gospel. In Hebrews 12:2, Christians are encouraged to fix their eyes on Jesus, "the author and perfecter of our faith." This exhortation to spiritual steadfastness is a call to remain firmly attached to the principles of faith, resisting the distractions and temptations of the world.

In summary, the biblical use of "fastened" encompasses a range of meanings from the physical act of securing objects to profound spiritual truths about faith, idolatry, and the redemptive work of Christ. Through these varied applications, the Scriptures invite believers to consider what they are spiritually fastened to and to ensure that their lives are securely anchored in the truth of God's Word.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Fasten.

Greek

736. artemon -- something hung up or fastened, ie a foresail
... something hung up or fastened, ie a foresail. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: artemon Phonetic Spelling: (ar-tem'-ohn) Short Definition: a ...
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4362. prospegnumi -- to fasten to (spec. to a cross)
... prospegnumi Phonetic Spelling: (pros-payg'-noo-mee) Short Definition: I fasten to
Definition: I fasten to, applied to Christ's being fastened to the cross. ...
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3803. pagis -- a trap, snare
... snare. From pegnumi; a trap (as fastened by a noose or notch); figuratively,
a trick or statagem (temptation) -- snare. see GREEK pegnumi. ...
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2510. kathapto -- to lay hold of
... seize, attack. Word Origin from kata and hapto Definition to lay hold of
NASB Word Usage fastened (1). to take hold of, seize. From ...
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816. atenizo -- to look fixedly, gaze
... stretch, strain," prefixed by "," 1 ) -- properly, fixed (fixated); to at because
with ("taken by"); to observe with great interest and a fastened (fixed) gaze ...
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805. asphalizo -- to make firm, secure
... See 804 (). Word Origin from asphales Definition to make firm, secure NASB Word
Usage fastened (1), made...secure (1), made secure (1), make...secure (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5193. nata -- to plant
... fastened, planted. A primitive root; properly, to strike in, ie Fix; specifically,
to plant (literally or figuratively) -- fastened, plant(- er). 5192, 5193. ...
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8628. taqa -- to thrust, clap, give a blow, blast
... NASB Word Usage blew (19), blow (20), blowing (1), blown (7), blows (1), camped
(1), clap (2), drive (1), driven (1), drove (2), fasten (1), fastened (3), give ...
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5414. nathan -- to give, put, set
... 1), entrust* (1), entrusted (2), entrusted* (1), establish (1), established (1),
exchange (1), execute (1), executes (2), fasten (2), fastened (1), find (1 ...
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270. achaz -- to grasp, take hold, take possession
... take possession NASB Word Usage acquire property (1), acquired property (1), attached
(1), bolt (1), catch (1), caught (3), drawn (2), fastened (3), grasp (2 ...
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7577. rethuqah -- a chain
... chain. Feminine passive participle of rathaq; something fastened, ie A chain --
chain. see HEBREW rathaq. 7576, 7577. rethuqah. 7578 . Strong's Numbers.
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6775. tsamad -- to bind, join
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to bind, join NASB Word Usage fastened
(1), frames (1), joined (3). fasten, frame, join self. ...
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Library

Argument: nor is it More True that a Man Fastened to a Cross on ...
... Chapter XXIX."Argument: Nor is It More True that a Man Fastened to a Cross on Account
of His Crimes is Worshipped by Christians, for They Believe Not Only ...
/.../felix/the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xxix argument nor is it.htm

The Carrying of the Cross.
... Whilst he was on his knees, and still praying, the executioners put the arms of
the crosses, which were a little curbed and not as yet fastened to the centre ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xxx the carrying of.htm

Of the Sovereign Degree of Union by Suspension and Ravishment.
... soul with God is most specially strict and close, it is called by theologians inhesion
or adhesion, because by it the soul is caught up, fastened, glued and ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter iii of the sovereign.htm

How a Man Shall Know when his Thought is no Sin; and if it be Sin ...
... and their own wit, but after the will and the counsel of their sovereigns, what
so they be, religious or seculars, such a liking or a grumbling fastened in the ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the tenth chapter.htm

January 10. "Charity Doth not Behave Itself Unseemly" (I. Cor. ...
... xiii.5). In the dress of a Hindu woman, her graceful robe is fastened upon
her person entirely by means of a single knot. The long ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /january 10 charity doth not.htm

Jesus on Mount Golgotha.
... was required, the thieves were not brought to the top, but ordered to halt before
they reached it, and to lie on the ground with their arms fastened to their ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xxxvi jesus on mount.htm

The Nailing of Jesus to the Cross.
... The executioners soon pulled off our Lord's cloak, the belt to which the ropes were
fastened, and his own belt, when they found it was impossible to drag the ...
/.../chapter xxxviii the nailing of.htm

Christian Graces.
... Faith lays hold of that end of the promise that is next to us, to wit, as it is
in the Bible; hope lays hold of that end of the promise that is fastened to the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xviii christian graces.htm

Death of Jesus.
... willed and brought upon himself. He was then divested of his garments,[4]
and fastened to the cross. The cross was composed of two ...
//christianbookshelf.org/renan/the life of jesus/chapter xxv death of jesus.htm

The Crucifixion.
... of those instances which we read of as happening in this day, and which seems more
shocking than the rest, is, when the poor dumb victim is fastened against a ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol vii/sermon x the crucifixion.htm

Thesaurus

Fastened (43 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Fasten. Multi-Version Concordance Fastened (43 Occurrences). ... The eyes
of all in the synagogue were fastened on him. (WEB KJV ASV WBS NIV). ...
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Nail (9 Occurrences)
... The words of the wise are compared to "nails fastened by the masters of
assemblies" (Ecclesiastes 12:11, AV). The Revised Version ...
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Breastplate (45 Occurrences)
... square. The two upper corners were fastened to the ephod by blue ribbons. ... 28).
The lower corners were fastened to the girdle of the priest. ...
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Saddle (7 Occurrences)
... a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back,
furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place ...
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Pin (10 Occurrences)
... See Caligo. 17. (n.) An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing
by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. 18. (n.) The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. ...
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Shoe (13 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of
the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. ...
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Beam (17 Occurrences)
... (2) Beam, in weaving, represents two words, 'eregh (Judges 16:14, the beam of a
loom to which Samson's hair was fastened; used in Job 7:6 of a weaver's shuttle ...
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Rods (76 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Exodus 27:17 All the pillars of the court round about shall be fastened together
with rods of silver; their hooks of silver, and their bases of copper. ...
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Fasten (28 Occurrences)
... Acts 28:3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire,
a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. ...
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Yoke (79 Occurrences)
... Egyptian monuments show a yoke that consisted of a straight bar fastened to the
foreheads of the cattle at the root of the horns, and such yokes were no doubt ...
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Resources

What is the history of crucifixion? What was crucifixion like? | GotQuestions.org

When is civil disobedience allowed for a Christian? | GotQuestions.org

What does INRI stand for? What was written on the sign nailed to the cross above Jesus' head? | GotQuestions.org

Fastened: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Fastened (43 Occurrences)

Matthew 18:6
but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.
(See RSV)

Luke 4:20
He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NIV)

John 19:19
And Pilate wrote a notice and had it fastened to the top of the cross. It ran thus: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
(WEY NIV)

Acts 6:15
At once the eyes of all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin were fastened on him, and they saw his face looking just like the face of an angel.
(WEY)

Acts 11:6
Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Acts 13:9
But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,
(WEB ASV)

Acts 16:24
who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 28:3
But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:3
And his soul fastened on Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden, and spoke consolingly to the maiden.
(DBY)

Exodus 27:17
All the pillars of the court round about shall be fastened together with rods of silver; their hooks of silver, and their bases of copper.
(DBY)

Exodus 28:7
It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.
(See NIV)

Exodus 37:3
He cast four rings of gold for it, in its four feet; even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.
(See NIV)

Exodus 37:13
He cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet.
(See RSV NIV)

Exodus 38:17
and the bases of the pillars of copper, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were fastened together with rods of silver.
(DBY)

Exodus 38:28
And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made the hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and fastened them with rods.
(DBY)

Exodus 39:4
They made shoulder straps for it, joined together. At the two ends it was joined together.
(See NIV)

Exodus 39:16
They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
(See NIV)

Exodus 39:18
And the two ends of the two wreathed chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Exodus 39:31
And they fastened to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
(DBY NAS NIV)

Exodus 40:18
And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
(KJV WBS)

Leviticus 8:7
He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it.
(WEB DBY NIV)

Numbers 19:15
Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.
(See RSV NIV)

Judges 4:21
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
(KJV WBS)

Judges 15:4
Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between every two tails.
(See NIV)

Judges 16:14
She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He awakened out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS)

1 Samuel 17:39
David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, "I can't go with these; for I have not tested them." David took them off.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 31:10
They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 20:8
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Kings 6:6
The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
(KJV DBY WBS)

1 Kings 6:10
He built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
(See NAS)

1 Chronicles 10:10
They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 9:18
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezra 6:11
Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:
(WEB JPS ASV)

Esther 1:6
There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Job 38:6
Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Psalms 41:8
An evil thing cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he lieth, he shall rise up no more.'
(See RSV)

Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 22:25
"In that day," says Yahweh of Armies, "the nail that was fastened in a sure place will give way. It will be cut down, and fall. The burden that was on it will be cut off, for Yahweh has spoken it."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Isaiah 41:7
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
(KJV JPS WBS)

Lamentations 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail: The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 24:17
Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and don't cover your lips, and don't eat men's bread.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:43
The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within all around: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Ezekiel 41:6
The side chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side chambers all around, that they might have hold therein, and not have hold in the wall of the house.
(See NAS)

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