KJV dictionary & concordance
Slavery, forced service, captivity, oppression, or binding subjection.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 1:14
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Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Euen so we, when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the Elements of the world:
1611 marginal noteOr, rudiments.
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
But now after that yee haue knowen God, or rather are knowen of God, how turne ye againe to the weak and beggerly Elements, whereunto ye desire againe to be in bondage?
1611 marginal noteOr, backe.
1611 marginal noteOr, rudiments.
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Which things are an Allegorie; for these are the two Couenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
1611 marginal noteOr, testaments.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Ierusalem, which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
1611 marginal noteOr, is in the same ranke with.
STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
¶ Stand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs free, and bee not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage.
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
And deliuer them, who through feare of death were all their life time subiect to bondage.
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
While they promise them libertie, they themselues are the seruants of corruption: for of whom a man is ouercome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
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