Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns
Bind
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Binding as restraint, fastening, imprisonment, or imposed restriction
Biblical binding language can denote literal fastening/imprisonment and can extend figuratively to restraint or authoritative restriction.
Context control: The precise force of binding depends on context; it is not a synonym for conquest in every passage.
The recurrent semantic core is restraint/constraint, with applications ranging from literal bonds to the binding of Satan and authoritative bind/loose sayings.
Grade 4: Recurrent canonical motif or strong thematic patternScope: The precise force of binding depends on context; it is not a synonym for conquest in every passage.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 5 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 5, 2026-09-20
- NET Bible / Bible.org / Cambridge commentary contributors — Contextual and cultural controls for TSP-S3 Batch 5 — Online exegetical, lexical, and historical notes accessed 2026-09-20
Fixed bind = conquering/subduing another symbolism
The legacy list reduces binding to conquering or subduing another.
Context control: Conquest/subjugation may be an effect in some passages, but restraint/constraint is the broader contextual category.
Some binding actions do subdue or restrain an opponent, but the biblical vocabulary also covers ordinary fastening, imprisonment, obligation, and authoritative restriction, so the proposed fixed symbolic meaning is too narrow.
Grade 7: Insufficient biblical evidenceScope: Conquest/subjugation may be an effect in some passages, but restraint/constraint is the broader contextual category.
Strongest alternative: Literal or figurative restraint/constraint better accounts for the lexical and contextual range.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 5 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 5, 2026-09-20
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