Definition

a band, i.e. ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively, an impediment or disability

Etymology

neuter and masculine respectively from G1210 (δέω);

Where the KJV renders it

• band
• bond
• chain
• string

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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