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Binding

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Greek G1163 deî

Original: δεῖ

Meaning:
3rd person singular active present of δέω; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding):--behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need(-ful), ought, should.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding):--behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need(-ful), ought, should.

Greek G1189 déomai

Original: δέομαι

Meaning:
middle voice of δέω; to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition:--beseech, pray (to), make request. Compare πυνθάνομαι.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition:--beseech, pray (to), make request. Compare πυνθάνομαι.

Greek G4577 seirá

Original: σειρά

Meaning:
probably from σύρω through its congener (to fasten; akin to αἱρέομαι); a chain (as binding or drawing):--chain.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: a chain (as binding or drawing):--chain.

Greek G4676 soudárion

Original: σουδάριον

Meaning:
of Latin origin; a sudarium (sweat-cloth), i.e. towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse):--handkerchief, napkin.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: a sudarium (sweat-cloth), i.e. towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse):--handkerchief, napkin.

Hebrew H632 ʼĕçâr

Original: אֱסָר

Meaning:
or אִסָּר; from אָסַר; an obligation or vow (of abstinence); binding, bond.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: binding, bond.

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Hebrew H8193 sâphâh

Original: שָׂפָה

Meaning:
or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

Verses containing this word showing 5 of 5

^{Genesis 37:7} For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. Open

^{Genesis 49:11} Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: Open

^{Exodus 28:32} And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. Open

^{Numbers 30:13} Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. Open

^{Acts 22:4} And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. Open

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