The Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Bond
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
an obligation of any ki nd (Numbers 30:2, 4, 12). The word means also oppression or affliction (Psalm 116:16; Phil. 1:7). Christian love is the “bond of perfectness” (Colossians 3:14), and the influences of the Spirit are the “bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:3).