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Items normally used in domestic and military situations, but also used in Scripture in a symbolic sense to refer to bondage or constraint.
In clothes and furnishing Ex 28:28,37; Nu 15:38; 1Ki 20:31; Est 1:6; Eze 27:24
For tents Ex 35:18; Ex 39:40; Nu 3:37; Nu 4:32; Isa 54:2
In military use 2Sa 17:13 Stringing the bow is a symbolic expression which also reflects actual practice: Ps 7:12; Ps 11:2; Jer 51:3
For rescue and escape Jos 2:15; 1Sa 19:12; Jer 38:6,13; Ac 9:25; 2Co 11:33
To restrain animals Job 39:5; Job 41:1-2; Ps 32:9; Mt 21:2 pp Mk 11:2 pp Lk 19:30
To restrain people Jdg 15:13-14; Eze 3:25; Eze 4:8; Mt 14:3 pp Mk 6:17
Of evil Pr 5:22 See also Ps 129:4; Ps 140:5; Isa 5:18; Isa 58:6; Ro 7:6
Of suffering Lk 13:16 See also Job 16:8; Job 36:8; Ps 119:61; Da 3:21; Mt 14:3 pp Mk 6:17; Mk 15:1; Jn 18:12,24
Of death Ps 18:4-5 pp 2Sa 22:6 See also Ps 116:3
Symbols of loving relationships Hos 11:4 See also Ecc 4:12; Jer 10:20; Ro 7:2
Symbols of obedience Pr 7:2-3 See also Dt 6:8; Dt 11:18; Pr 3:3; Pr 6:20-21
Symbols of life Ecc 12:6 See also Ps 16:6
5236 | bow and arrow |
5251 | chains |
5344 | imprisonment |
5517 | seafaring |
5578 | tents |
5690 | friends |
5934 | restraint |
6658 | freedom |
6720 | redemption |
7254 | plumb-line |
7921 | fellowship |
8790 | oppression |