BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H92
a.gud.dah — 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)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2903
to.pha.phah — phylacteries
bands, phylacteries, frontlets, marks
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4575
ma.a.dan.nah — bond
bonds, bands
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7196
qish.shur — sash
1) bands, sashes, headbands 1a) ornaments that are bound on
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(1) of love (Hos. 11:4); (2) of Christ (Ps. 2:3); (3) uniting together Christ’s body the church (Col. 2:19; 3:14; Eph. 4:3); (4) the emblem of the captivity of Israel (Ezek. 34:27; Isa. 28:22; 52:2); (5) of brotherhood (Ezek. 37:15-28); (6) no bands to the wicked in their death (Ps. 73:4; Job 21:7; Ps. 10:6). Also denotes chains (Luke 8:29); companies of soldiers (Acts 21:31); a shepherd’s staff, indicating the union between Judah and Israel (Zech. 11:7).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
