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THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

(1) of love (Hos. 11:4); (2) of Christ (Psalm 2:3); (3) uniting together Christ’s body the church (Colossians 2:19; 3:14; Ephesians 4:3); (4) the emblem of the captivity of Israel (Ezekiel 34:27; Isaiah 28:22; 52:2); (5) of brotherhood (Ezekiel 37:15-28); (6) no bands to the wicked in their death (Psalm 73:4; Job 21:7; Psalm 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 (Zechariah 11:7).

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