Bond
מַעֲדַנּוֹתStrong’s H4575maadannah (ma-a-dan-nah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maadannah is the Hebrew word usually translated “bonds” and “bonds of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
Meaning
- Bonds, bands
How it's translated
- bonds 1
- bonds of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 1
- Job 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מַעֲדַנּוֹת maadannah · bond
bonds, bands
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.