Bond
אֱסוּרStrong’s H0613esur (e-sur)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Esur is the Aramaic word usually translated “fetter” and “imprisonment”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:”
Meaning
- Band, bond, imprisonment
How it's translated
- and with a fetter 2
- and to imprisonment 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 2
- Ezra 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:23In contextAnd whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
- Ezra 7:26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Aramaic dictionary
אֱסוּר esur · bond
band, bond, imprisonment Aramaic of e.sur (אֵסוּר "bond" H0612)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bond” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BOND, noun
- Anything that binds, as a cord, a chain, a rope; a band.
- Ligament; that which holds things together.
- Union; connection; a binding.
- In the plural, chains; imprisonment; captivity.
All definitions and other forms of “bond”
- Cause of union; cement which unites; link of connection; as the bonds of affection.“Charity is the bond of perfectness” Colossians 3:14
- An obligation imposing a moral duty, as by a vow, or promise, by law or other means.
- In law, an obligation or deed by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum, on or before a future day appointed.
BOND, adjective
[for bound.]
In a state of servitude, or slavery; captive.
- “Whether we be jews or Gentiles; whether we be bond or free” 1 Corinthians 12:13
BOND, verb transitive
To give bond for; as for duties or customs at a custom house; to secure payment of, by giving a bond
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.