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bondage

Meaning of “bondage”

Slavery, forced service, captivity, oppression, or binding subjection.

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39 occurrences37 verses15 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 1:14

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Acts 7:6
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
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1611 witness · Acts 7:6 · retained source text

And God spake on this wise, that his seede should soiourne in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and intreate them euill foure hundreth yeeres.

Acts 7:7
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
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1611 witness · Acts 7:7 · retained source text

And the nation to whom they shal bee in bondage, will I iudge, saide God: And after that shall they come forth, and serue me in this place.

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