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Bondage

Of Israel in Egypt (Ex. 2:23, 25; 5), which is called the “house of bondage” (13:3; 20:2). This word is used also with reference to the captivity in Babylon (Isa. 14:3), and the oppression of the Persian king (Ezra 9:8, 9).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

In the Bible

41

Verses where Bondage is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Corinthians 7:15

    But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:20

    In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

  • 2 Peter 2:19

    They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

  • Acts 7:6

    God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

  • Acts 7:7

    ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’

  • Deuteronomy 5:6

    “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

+35 more verses naming Bondage.

Bondage references

4

Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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