Ligament
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A tough band connective tissue serving to unite bones or form joints.

2. (n.) Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.

3. (n.) A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach.

Greek
1199. desmos -- a band, bond
... desmos Phonetic Spelling: (des-mon') Short Definition: a bond, chain Definition:
a bond, chain, imprisonment; a string or ligament, an impediment, infirmity. ...
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860. haphe -- a joint
... a joint. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: haphe Phonetic Spelling:
(haf-ay') Short Definition: a band, fastening, a ligament Definition: a band ...
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4886. sundesmos -- that which binds together, ie a bond
... bond. From sun and desmon; a joint tie, ie Ligament, (figuratively) uniting principle,
control -- band, bond. see GREEK sun. see GREEK desmon. ...
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Library

Mystery and Faith
... negation of everything. It closes up the issues of all knowledge, and sunders
every ligament that binds us to practical life. We must ...
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"And Truly Our Fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son ...
... in all men, that shows itself in their combinings in societies, and erecting
governments, yet generally that which is the true bond and ligament of men, which ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon vii and truly our.htm

The Hebdomadarii; System of the Arithmeticians; Pressed into the ...
... the brain, which, traversing round the head, and having their termination in (the
head) itself, hold bodies together; but the seventh (ligament) proceeds from ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter li the hebdomadarii system of.htm

Thesaurus
Ligament (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains
an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the ...
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Lifts (26 Occurrences)

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Ligaments (1 Occurrence)

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Bond (32 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened
or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a ...
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Band (150 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled,
or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or ...
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Brace (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord
on the side of a drum. 3. (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension. ...
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Resources
How can I become more like Christ? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about codependency? | GotQuestions.org

Ligament: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Ligament (1 Occurrence)

Ephesians 4:16
from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
(See NIV)

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