Bible Dictionary
Bond
A bond may be a binding obligation, imprisonment, or affliction. Scripture also uses the term positively for the bond of peace and the bond of perfect love among believers.
Definition
A bond is a binding obligation, restraint, imprisonment, oppression, or affliction. The word can also describe a unifying relationship, especially the bond of peace and the bond of perfectness created by Christian love.
Biblical Usage
Scripture uses bond for personal obligations and for affliction or imprisonment. In a positive sense, love is the bond of perfectness and the Spirit’s influence is associated with the bond of peace.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
An obligation of any kind (Num. 30:2, 4, 12). The word means also oppression or affliction (Ps. 116:16; Phil. 1:7). Christian love is the “bond of perfectness” (Col. 3:14), and the influences of the Spirit are the “bond of peace” (Eph. 4:3).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>See BAND; BILL; CHAIN.</p>