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bands

Meaning of “bands”

1. Groups or companies, especially of soldiers or raiders. 2. Bonds, cords, restraints, or ties that bind or join.

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44 occurrences40 verses18 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 32:7

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Genesis 32:7
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 32:7 · retained source text

Then Iacob was greatly afraid, and distressed, and he diuided the people that was with him, and the flockes, and herdes, and the camels into two bands,

Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 32:10 · retained source text

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the trueth, which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant: for with my staffe I passed ouer this Iordan, and now I am become two bands.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I am lesse then all &c

Leviticus 26:13
I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 26:13 · retained source text

I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that yee should not be their bondmen, & I haue broken the bandes of your yoke, and made you go vpright.

Judges 15:14
¶ And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
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1611 witness · Judges 15:14 · retained source text

¶ And when he came vnto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily vpon him, and the cordes that were vpon his armes became as flaxe that was burnt with fire, & his bands loosed from off his hands.

1611 marginal noteHebr. were melted.

2 Samuel 4:2
And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 4:2 · retained source text

And Sauls sonne had two men that were captaines of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sonnes of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Beniamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Beniamin:

1611 marginal noteHeb. second.

2 Kings 6:23
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 6:23 · retained source text

And hee prepared great prouision for them, and when they had eaten and drunke, hee sent them away, and they went to their master: so the bands of Syria came no more into the lande of Israel.

2 Kings 13:20
¶ And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 13:20 · retained source text

¶ And Elisha died, and they buried him: And the bands of the Moabites inuaded the land at the comming in of the yeere.

2 Kings 23:33
And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:33 · retained source text

And Pharaoh Nechoh put him in bandes at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reigne in Ierusalem, and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of siluer, and a talent of golde.

1611 marginal noteOr, because he reigned.

1611 marginal noteHeb. set a mulct vpon the land.

2 Kings 24:2
And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
4 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 24:2 · retained source text

And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bandes of the Syrians, and bandes of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Iudah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which hee spake by his seruants the Prophets.

1611 marginal noteHeb. by the hand of.

1611 marginal noteChap. 20.17. and 23.27.

1 Chronicles 7:4
And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 7:4 · retained source text

And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of souldiers for warre, sixe and thirtie thousand men: for they had many wiues and sonnes.

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