Band
אֲגֻדָּהStrong’s H0092aguddah (a-gud-dah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aguddah is the Hebrew word usually translated “bunch of”, “band” and “bindings of”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.”
Meaning
- Band, bindingcords, bands, thongs (metaphorical of slavery) · bunch of hyssop · band of men, troops · vault (of the heavens), firmament (binding earth to the heavens)
How it's translated
- a bunch of 1
- a band 1
- bindings of 1
- and vault his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- Isaiah 1
- Amos 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 2:25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
- Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
- Amos 9:6It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲגֻדָּה aguddah · band
1) band, binding 1a) cords, bands, thongs (metaphorical of slavery) 1b) bunch of hyssop 1c) band of men, troops 1d) vault (of the heavens), firmament (binding earth to the heavens)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “band” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BAND, noun
[See Bind and Bend.]
- A fillet; a cord; a tie; a chain; any narrow ligament with which a thing is bound, tied or fastened, or by which a number of things are confined together.
- In architecture, any flat low member of molding, broad but not deep, called also fascia, face or plinth.
- Figuratively, any chain; any means of restraint; that which draws or confines.
- Means of union or connection between persons; as, Hymen's bands.
All definitions and other forms of “band”
- Any thing bound round or encircling another.
- Something worn about the neck; as the bands of clergymen.
- A company of soldiers; the body of men united under one flag or ensign.
- A company of persons united in any common design; as a band of brothers.
- A slip of canvas, sewed across a sail to strengthen it.
BAND, verb transitive
To bind together; to bind over with a band
- To unite in a troop, company or confederacy.
BAND, verb intransitive
To unite; to associate; to confederate for some common purpose.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.