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Bond(age)

σύνδεσμοςStrong’s G4886

sundesmos

Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament

In short

Sundesmos is the Greek word usually translated “bond” and “ligaments”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.

“For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.”
Acts 8:23 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “bond” and “ligaments”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • bond 3
  • ligaments 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Colossians 2
  • Acts 1
  • Ephesians 1

3 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

σύνδεσμος sundesmos · bond(age)

σύν-δεσμος, -ου, ὁ (συνδέω), [in LXX for קֶשֶׁר, קְטַר, etc. ;] that which binds together, a bond: of the ligaments of the body, Col.2:19. Metaphorical, σ. ἀδικίας, Act.8:23; τ. τελειότητος, Col.3:14; τ. εἰρήνης, Eph.4:3 (see Lft., Col., ll. with).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “bondage” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

BOND'AGE, noun

Slavery or involuntary servitude; captivity; imprisonment; restraint of a person's liberty by compulsion. In ancient English law, villenage.

  1. Obligation; tie of duty.
  2. In scripture, spiritual subjection to sin and corrupt passions, or to the yoke of the ceremonial law; servile fear. Hebrews 2:15Galatians 2:4Romans 8:15

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.