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Anything that serves to confine or restrict freedom, such as a shackle or chain, a ring or a handle. Also, force or influence that binds or holds in a non-physical sense; bond, tie. In biblical times, various methods were used to restrain prisoners, such as: shackles, stocks, rings, handcuffs, and jails. Sometimes the word “chains” is used to convey the idea of confinement.
In the Scriptures, the Hebrew word necho scheth, which usually means “copper,” is often translated “copper shackles,” because, while wooden and iron shackles were also available, they were usually made of copper or bronze. (2Sa 3:34; 2Ki 25:7) In the British Museum there is a pair of bronze shackles from Nineveh consisting of a bar with a ring at each end. The rings were open, and once they had passed the prisoner’s feet, they were hammered shut around the ankles. Only part of one of the rings remains, but it is possible that the total weight of the shackles was about 4 kg. The Greek term for †œshackle† is péde, a term related to pous (foot). (Lu 8:29.)
The Hebrew verb ´a·sarʹ, meaning “to bind; put in chains† (Jg 16:5; Eze 3:25; 2Ki 23:33), is the root of three other words related to bonds: ´e·sur, which refers to “shackles” (Jer 37:15 ); moh se rohth, to “bonds” (Ps 2:3), and ma so reth, to a “bond” (Eze 20:37). The Greek term for binding is de smos (Lu 8:29), while sýn de smos translates as “binding bond” or “binding together.” (Eph 4:3, Int.)
Chains were also used to bind prisoners. There are two Hebrew words that mean “chain” (rethu·qah and rat·tohq), and both come from the root ra·tháq, which means “to bind; hold† . (Na 3:10) The Greek term for chain is ha·ly·sis. (Mr 5:3, 4.)
Many of the faithful pre-Christian witnesses were chained and imprisoned. (Heb 11:36) It is said that when Joseph, the son of Jacob, was in Egypt, “with fetters they afflicted his feet, his soul entered into irons.” (Ps 105:18) Delilah bound Samson first with seven still-wet sinews and then with new ropes in order to hand him over to the Philistines, but in both cases Samson broke the bonds. Finally, when Samson lost his strength, they captured him and bound him with two copper shackles. (Jg 16:6-12, 21) Pashur, the commissioner of the temple, had Jeremiah the prophet put in a stocks, and the princes of Judah later imprisoned the prophet in “the house of fetters.” (Jer 20:2, 3; 37:15)
Jehovah allowed the king of Assyria to lead King Manasseh in copper shackles because of his unfaithfulness. Similarly, Nebuchadnezzar took King Zedekiah captive to Babylon, bound in copper shackles. (2Ki 25:7; 2Ch 33:11; Jer 39:7; 52:11) Nebuzaradan, chief of Nebuchadnezzar’s bodyguard, released Jeremiah from his bound handcuffs and set him free. (Jer 40:1, 4)
The men who arrested Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane bound him and led him to Annas, and in the same way led him to Caiaphas. After his trial in the Sanhedrin, he was led bound before Pilate. (Joh 18:12, 13, 24, 28; Mr 15:1) Before converting to Christianity and becoming known as the apostle Paul, Saul persecuted Christians in order to bring them bound to Jerusalem and hand them over to the Jewish high court . (Ac 9:2, 21) Herod had Peter chained between two soldiers, according to Roman custom. (Ac 12:6, 7)
The first time Paul was imprisoned in Rome, he had occasion to write several letters, some of which refer to his “chains of imprisonment,” even calling himself an “ambassador in chains.” (Eph 6:20; Php 1:7, 13-17; Col 4:18; Phm 10, 13) However, as is clear from his explanation at Acts 28:16-31, he enjoyed considerable freedom of movement, which allowed him to write letters, entertain his guests and receive visits from people to whom he had occasion to preach. Pablo was released, but was later re-arrested. During this second arrest, which took place in Rome and ended with his execution, Paul was again in chains. (Phil 22; 2Ti 1:16; 2:9; 4:6-8)
metaphorical and symbolic uses. The expressions “bind”, “bonds”, and “chains” are often used metaphorically in the scriptures to refer to imprisonment or some type of confinement. In connection with the Babylonian exile, Zion is prophetically said to have ligatures or bands around her neck. (Isa 52:2) Although many of the exiles came to have their own homes and considerable freedom, they could not return to Zion or Jerusalem freely. (Jer 29:4, 5)
God restricted the disobedient angels to “everlasting chains under thick darkness.” (Jude 6) They are also said to have been given over to “pits of thick darkness.” (2Pe 2:4) From what the Scriptures say, it follows that they have not been denied all freedom of movement, since they have been able to take possession of humans and even had access to the heavens until Michael and his angels cast them out and they threw to Earth. (Mr 1:32; Rev 12: 7-9) Satan the Devil will be bound with a great chain by the angel who has the key to the bottomless pit and will be thrown there for a thousand years, after which he will be loosed for a little while. of time. (Re 20:1-3) Since angels are not creatures of flesh and blood, these chains must refer to some restraining force unknown to us.
Jesus said that the woman whom he healed, who had been bent over due to a spirit of weakness for eighteen years, was bound by Satan. (Lu 13:11, 16) When Simon tried to purchase the gift of the holy spirit, Peter called him a “snare of unrighteousness.” (Ac 8:23.)
The hands of an immoral woman are like shackles, and the man after her is like one who is “in shackles for the discipline of a fool.” (Ec 7:26; Pr 7:22.)
In a favorable sense, Ezekiel speaks of the “binding of the covenant” referring to its binding character. (Eze 20:37) Those under the marriage covenant are considered to be †˜bound†™ by it. (Ro 7:2; 1Co 7:27, 39) Love is said to be a “perfect bond of union.” (Col 3:14)
bound prisoners. Painting made on the cover of the sole of the feet of a mummy. Figuratively, the enemies were †˜under his feet†™
Source: Dictionary of the Bible