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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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Nahum 3:10

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Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Nahum 3:10 · retained source text

Yet was she caried away, she went into captiuitie: her yong children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streetes: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chaines.

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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