bond
an obligation of any kind (Numbers 30:2, 4, 12)
The word can also refer to oppression or affliction (Psalm 116:16; Philippians 1:7).
Christian love is the “bond of perfectness” (Col. 3:14), and the influences of the Spirit are the “bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:3).
Bond-servant
The first recorded use of the term “bond-servant” or “bondservant” was in the 16th century (1525-35).
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