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were of two kinds, public and private; the former were employed to secure a prisoner in the public jail, after confession or conviction; the latter when he was delivered to a magistrate, or even to private persons, to be kept at their houses till he should be tried. The Apostle Paul was subjected to private bonds by Felix, the Roman governor, who “commanded a centurion to keep him, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister, or come unto him,” Acts xxiv, 23. And after he was carried prisoner to Rome, he “dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,” xxviii, 30.

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Bondservant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A slave; one who is subjected to the authority of another, or whose person and liberty are restrained.

Bondservice [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The condition of a bond-servant; slavery.

Bondslave [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.

Bondslave [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.

Bondsman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A slave.

2. A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.

Bondsman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.

2. A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.

Bondsmen [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Bondsman

Bondstone [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.

Bondswoman [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. BONDS'WOMAN ,

2. BOND'-WOMAN, noun [bond and woman.] A woman slave.

Bondswoman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Bondwoman.

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Leviticus 25:39

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.

Numbers 30:5

But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.

Numbers 30:7

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

Numbers 30:14

But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them.

Judges 15:14

And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.

1 Kings 9:21

Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

Job 12:18

He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.

Psalms 116:16

O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.

Jeremiah 5:5

I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

Jeremiah 27:2

Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

Jeremiah 30:8

For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.

Nahum 1:13

For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.

For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”

Acts 20:23

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

Acts 23:29

Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.

Acts 25:14

And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul’s cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:

Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.

Acts 26:29

And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”

Acts 26:31

And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”

Ephesians 6:20

For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.

Philippians 1:7

Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

Philippians 1:13

So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.