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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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Jude 1:6

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And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Jude 1:6 · retained source text

And the Angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darkenesse, vnto the iudgement of the great day.

1611 marginal noteOr, principalitie.

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Where “chains” appears

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Exodus8 occurrences
7 verses Numbers1 occurrence
1 verse Judges1 occurrence
1 verse 1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse 2 Chronicles3 occurrences
2 verses Psalms2 occurrences
2 verses Proverbs1 occurrence
1 verse Song of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verse Isaiah3 occurrences
3 verses Jeremiah4 occurrences
4 verses Ezekiel2 occurrences
2 verses Nahum1 occurrence
1 verse Mark3 occurrences
2 verses Luke1 occurrence
1 verse Acts3 occurrences
3 verses 2 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse Jude1 occurrence
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Exodus 28:14 Exodus 39:17 1 Kings 6:21 Proverbs 1:9 Jeremiah 39:7 Ezekiel 19:9 Luke 8:29 Jude 1:6