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chains

Meaning of “chains”

Sense 1: Series of connected links used as ornaments, restraints, or bonds. Sense 2: Figuratively, confinement, affliction, or surrounding force.

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37 occurrences34 verses17 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 28:14

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Ezekiel 19:4
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 19:4 · retained source text

The nations also heard of him, hee was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chaines vnto the land of Egypt.

1611 marginal note2.Kings 23.33. ier. 22.11.

Ezekiel 19:9
And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 19:9 · retained source text

And they put him in ward in chaines, and brought him to the king of Babylon, they brought him into holds, that his voyce should no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel.

1611 marginal noteOr, in hookes.

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