Bands
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
- of love (Hosea 11:4);
- of Christ (Psalm 2:3);
- uniting together Christ's body the church (Colossians 2:19; 3:14; Ephesians 4:3);
- the emblem of the captivity of Israel (Ezekiel 34:27; Isaiah 28:22; 52:2);
- of brotherhood (Ezekiel 37:15-28);
- no bands to the wicked in their death (Psalm 73:4; Job 21:7; Psalm 10:6). Also denotes chains (Luke 8:29); companies of soldiers (Acts 21:31); a shepherd's staff, indicating the union between Judah and Israel (Zechariah 11:7).