KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: A series of connected links, worn as an ornament or used to bind or restrain. Sense 2: Figuratively, a bond, confinement, affliction, or surrounding force.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 41:42
Complete exact-word concordance
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Thou hast rauished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast rauished my heart, with one of thine eyes, with one chaine of thy necke.
1611 marginal noteOr, taken away my heart.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A series of connected links; an ornament; that which binds, restrains, confines, or fetters; a bond or affliction.
